What is CVE-2026-5097?

CVE-2026-5097 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tomdever Wpforo Forum, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-08-28.

How severe is CVE-2026-5097?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Tomdever Wpforo Forum

CVE-2026-5097

The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'referer' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.17. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.004 (34.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Tomdever Wpforo Forum

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-5097?: CVE-2026-5097 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tomdever Wpforo Forum, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-08-28.
How severe is CVE-2026-5097?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.