CVE-2026-12696wpForo Forum < 3.1.2 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS via Profile Location Field
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The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 3.1.2 does not sanitize and escape a user profile field before outputting it inside an HTML attribute on the public participant profile page, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to inject JavaScript that executes in the browser of any visitor who views the profile, including a logged-in administrator.
- CVSS
- 5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Aug 3, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown wpForo Forum unknown:wpforo_forum (from the name) | before 3.1.2 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0dde2d89-267f-4aca-b2f0-d086b15adff0/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
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