What is CVE-2026-12698?

CVE-2026-12698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpforo Forum, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-08-04.

How severe is CVE-2026-12698?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Wpforo Forum

CVE-2026-12698

The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 3.1.3 does not restrict which profile fields a member may set when editing their own account, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to write administrator-controlled account-state and reputation fields on their own profile, including self-activating a pending or banned account and forging their forum reputation score.

EPSS: 0.002 (8.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Wpforo Forum — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-12698?: CVE-2026-12698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpforo Forum, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2026-12698?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.