---
id: CVE-2025-8483
title: >-
  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
summary: >-
  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 …
severity: medium
cvss: 6.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-94
published: '2025-10-25'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T11:10:00.250'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8483'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3382300%40wp-discussion-board&new=3382300%40wp-discussion-board&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a09659bc-e42b-4f08-a1a1-23e226be1be9?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00264
epssPercentile: 0.16702
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T11:31:27.586Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.