Check Point Advisories

WordPress wpForo Forum Plugin Insecure Deserialization (CVE-2023-2249)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2023-0556
Date Published: 23 Jul 2023
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 23 July, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2023-2249
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? WordPress wpForo Forum plugin 2.1.7 and prior
Vulnerability Description An insecure deserialization vulnerability exists in WordPress wpForo Forum Plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress wpForo Forum Plugin Insecure Deserialization (CVE-2023-2249) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information:  WordPress wpForo Forum Plugin Insecure Deserialization (CVE-2023-2249)

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