CVE-2026-12698

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.

CVSS v3.1

4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 8th percentile

Published

2026-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b90a74b5-1694-4afc-9232-95cf092e2c98/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2026-12697
• CVE-2026-12713
• CVE-2026-12696
• CVE-2026-12720
• CVE-2026-12695
• CVE-2026-12721