CVE-2026-12696

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 v3.1

5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 3th percentile

Published

2026-08-01

Updated

2026-08-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0dde2d89-267f-4aca-b2f0-d086b15adff0/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2026-12695
• CVE-2026-12697
• CVE-2026-12690
• CVE-2026-12698
• CVE-2026-12689
• CVE-2026-12713