What is CVE-2026-12696?

CVE-2026-12696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpforo Forum, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2026-12696?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Wpforo Forum

CVE-2026-12696

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.001 (2.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Wpforo Forum — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-12696?: CVE-2026-12696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpforo Forum, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2026-12696?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.