CVE-2026-12696 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: WPScan
Reserved: 19.06.2026 Published: 01.08.2026 Updated: 01.08.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Unknown
Product wpForo Forum
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 3.1.2 (excl.)

Credits

  • Revanth Hari Narayana Matte finder
  • WPScan coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CWE