The The Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
History

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000

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Description The The Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Title Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin <= 2.5.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
Weaknesses CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2025-10-25T06:49:23.683Z

Updated: 2025-10-25T06:49:23.683Z

Reserved: 2025-08-01T18:20:55.297Z

Link: CVE-2025-8483

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-25T07:15:41.540

Modified: 2025-10-25T07:15:41.540

Link: CVE-2025-8483

cve-icon Redhat

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