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CVE-2026-80514: wpForo Forum 3.0.0 - 3.1.5 - Unauthenticated AI Credit Exhaustion via IP Rate Limit Bypass
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 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: 2026-09-25 · updated 2026-09-25
- Weakness: CWE-348
Description
The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin from 3.0.0 before 3.1.6 does not verify the source of client-supplied IP address headers before using them to key its per-visitor rate limit on paid AI requests, allowing unauthenticated attackers to bypass the limit by spoofing the header and exhaust the site owner's metered AI credits.
Affected products
- tomdever wpForo Forum: from 3.0.0 before 3.1.6 — fixed in 3.1.6
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: tomdever wpForo Forum 3.1.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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