CVE-2026-28562 PUBLISHED

wpForo Forum 2.4.14 SQL Injection via Topics ORDER BY Parameter

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 28.02.2026 Published: 28.02.2026 Updated: 28.02.2026

wpForo 2.4.14 contains an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in Topics::get_topics() where the ORDER BY clause relies on ineffective esc_sql() sanitization on unquoted identifiers. Attackers exploit the wpfob parameter with CASE WHEN payloads to perform blind boolean extraction of credentials from the WordPress database.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.8

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	Low	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 8.2

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	gVectors Team
Product	wpForo Forum
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 2.4 to 2.4.15 (excl.) Version 2.4.15 is unaffected

Credits

Scott Moore - VulnCheck finder

References

Problem Types

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') CWE