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)

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (13.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 13.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-12696: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Wpforo Forum — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.