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CVE-2026-12696: wpForo Forum < 3.1.2 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS via Profile Location Field
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-08-01 · updated 2026-08-26
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
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.
Affected products
- tomdever wpForo Forum: before 3.1.2 — fixed in 3.1.2
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: tomdever wpForo Forum 3.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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