CVE-2025-11740
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the Subscriptions Manager in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.9 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection in the Subscriptions Manager. In versions up to and including 2.4.9, user-supplied parameters are not properly escaped and the existing SQL queries lack sufficient preparation, allowing authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access to inject arbitrary SQL queries and extract sensitive data from the database.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify wpForo Forum plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'wpForo Forum' in the list. Note the version number displayed under the plugin name.Affected if The plugin is installed and the version is 2.4.9 or lower.
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Confirm installed version against affected rangeCompare the installed version number to the affected range. Versions 2.4.9 and below are vulnerable. Version 2.4.10 and later are patched.Affected if Installed version is 2.4.9 or any earlier version (e.g., 2.4.8, 2.4.7, etc.).
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Check if Subscriptions Manager is accessibleNavigate to wpForo > Subscriptions in the WordPress admin sidebar, or check if the subscriptions functionality is enabled in wpForo general settings. This feature must be accessible for the vulnerability to be exploitable.Affected if The Subscriptions Manager feature is enabled and accessible to users.
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Identify subscriber-level user accountsIn WordPress admin, go to Users and review the list for any accounts with the 'Subscriber' role. The SQL injection is exploitable by any authenticated user with Subscriber-level access.Affected if There is at least one user account with Subscriber role (or any role below Administrator that can access the subscriptions functionality).
You are affected if wpForo Forum plugin version 2.4.9 or earlier is installed, the Subscriptions Manager feature is enabled, and at least one authenticated user with Subscriber-level access exists in the system.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate wpForo Forum plugin to version 2.4.10 or later which contains the patch for this SQL injection vulnerability.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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