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.
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Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sun, 02 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:45:00 +0000

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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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-03T18:53:06.351Z

Reserved: 2026-06-19T09:24:44.918Z

Link: CVE-2026-12696

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-03T18:53:02.267Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-01T07:16:28.797

Modified: 2026-08-03T19:16:41.903

Link: CVE-2026-12696

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-04T23:15:07Z

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