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.
Published:
2026-08-01
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Unknown | wpForo Forum | unaffected |
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History
Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| 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. | |
| Title | wpForo Forum < 3.1.2 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS via Profile Location Field | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-01T06:00:11.818Z
Reserved: 2026-06-19T09:24:44.918Z
Link: CVE-2026-12696
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