CVE-2026-12696 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0dde2d89-267f-4aca-b2f0-d086b15adff0/

History

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		wpForo Forum < 3.1.2 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS via Profile Location Field
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0dde2d89-267f-4aca-b2f0-d086b15adff0/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-08-01T06:00:11.818Z

Updated: 2026-08-03T18:53:06.351Z

Reserved: 2026-06-19T09:24:44.918Z

Link: CVE-2026-12696

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-03T18:53:02.267Z

NVD

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Redhat

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