Known vulnerabilities in Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin

Discussion Board is a simple, effective way to add a forum or discussion board to your site, helping you build and engage an active community.

3Reported vulnerabilities

6.3Highest CVSS score

2.5.9Latest version

2,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin to 2.5.8 or later. 3 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: May 26, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2025-8483	Medium 6.3	0.2%	2.5.5 and earlier	`2.5.6`	October 24, 2025
CVE-2023-39161	Medium 5.4	0.4%	2.4.8 and earlier	`2.4.9`	July 26, 2023
CVE-2025-69023	Medium 4.3	0.2%	2.5.7 and earlier	`2.5.8`	December 28, 2025

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.