CVE-2026-12696

MEDIUM

wpForo Forum < 3.1.2 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS via Profile Location Field

Title source: cna

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit exploit vdb-entry technical-description

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

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4

EPSS 0.0013

EPSS Percentile 3.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (1)

None/wpForo Forum < 3.1.2

Published Aug 01, 2026

Tracked Since Aug 01, 2026