Vulnerabilities and security researches forsimplepress simplepress

Jun 06, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2022-4031
Home page URL: Security reports for Simple:Press Forum
Application: Simple:Press Forum
Date: Nov 30, 2022
Research Description: The Simple:Press plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file modifications in versions up to, and including, 6.8 via the 'file' parameter which does not properly restrict files to be edited in the context of the plugin. This makes it possible with attackers, with high-level permissions such as an administrator, to supply paths to arbitrary files on the server that can be modified outside of the intended scope of the plugin.
Affected versions: Min -, max -.
Status: vulnerable

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2020-36706
Home page URL: Security reports for Simple:Press Forum
Application: Simple:Press Forum
Date: Oct 20, 2023
Research Description: The Simple:Press – WordPress Forum Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the ~/admin/resources/jscript/ajaxupload/sf-uploader.php file in versions up to, and including, 6.6.0. This makes it possible for attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.
Affected versions: Min -, max -.
Status: vulnerable

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2022-4027
Home page URL: Security reports for Simple:Press Forum
Application: Simple:Press Forum
Date: Nov 30, 2022
Research Description: The Simple:Press plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'postitem' parameter manipulated during a forum response in versions up to, and including, 6.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping that makes injecting object and embed tags possible. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages when responding to forum threads that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected versions: Min -, max -.
Status: vulnerable

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2022-4028
Home page URL: Security reports for Simple:Press Forum
Application: Simple:Press Forum
Date: Nov 30, 2022
Research Description: The Simple:Press plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'postitem' parameter manipulated during the profile-save action when modifying a profile signature in versions up to, and including, 6.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping that makes injecting object and embed tags possible. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions, such as a subscriber to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages when modifying a profile signature that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected versions: Min -, max -.
Status: vulnerable

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2022-4029
Home page URL: Security reports for Simple:Press Forum
Application: Simple:Press Forum
Date: Nov 30, 2022
Research Description: The Simple:Press plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'sforum_[md5 hash of the WordPress URL]' cookie value in versions up to, and including, 6.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This would be highly complex to exploit as it would require the attacker to set the cookie a cookie for the targeted user.
Affected versions: Min -, max -.
Status: vulnerable

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2022-4030
Home page URL: Security reports for Simple:Press Forum
Application: Simple:Press Forum
Date: Nov 30, 2022
Research Description: The Simple:Press plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in versions up to, and including, 6.8 via the 'file' parameter which can be manipulated during user avatar deletion. This makes it possible with attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to supply paths to arbitrary files on the server that will subsequently be deleted. This can be used to delete the wp-config.php file that can allow an attacker to configure the site and achieve remote code execution.
Affected versions: Min -, max -.
Status: vulnerable

Feb 01, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-12409
Home page URL: Security reports for Simple:Press Forum
Application: Simple:Press Forum
Date: Jan 30, 2025
Research Description: The Simple:Press Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 's' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.10.11 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected versions: Min -, max -.
Status: vulnerable

Feb 28, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-10483
Home page URL: Security reports for Simple:Press Forum
Application: Simple:Press Forum
Date: Feb 26, 2025
Research Description: The Simple:Press Forum WordPress plugin before 6.10.11 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.
Affected versions: Min -, max -.
Status: vulnerable

Mar 03, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-13518
Home page URL: Security reports for Simple:Press Forum
Application: Simple:Press Forum
Date: Mar 01, 2025
Research Description: The Simple:Press Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.10.11. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'sp_save_edited_post' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify a forum post via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected versions: Min -, max -.
Status: vulnerable

Apr 03, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-31386
Home page URL: Security reports for Simple:Press Forum
Application: Simple:Press Forum
Date: Mar 31, 2025
Research Description: Missing Authorization vulnerability in Simplepress Simple:Press allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Simple:Press: from n/a through 6.10.11.
Affected versions: Min -, max -.
Status: vulnerable