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CVE-2026-12698: wpForo Forum < 3.1.3 - Subscriber+ Account Status and Reputation Manipulation via Profile Update Mass Assignment
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-08-04 · updated 2026-08-26
- Weakness: CWE-284
Description
The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 3.1.3 does not restrict which profile fields a member may set when editing their own account, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to write administrator-controlled account-state and reputation fields on their own profile, including self-activating a pending or banned account and forging their forum reputation score.
Affected products
- tomdever wpForo Forum: before 3.1.3 — fixed in 3.1.3
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: tomdever wpForo Forum 3.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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