CVE-2026-12696CWE-79cross-site-scripting

CVE-2026-12696

Medium · published August 1, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00226 · 12.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2026-08-01T11:16Z
References (1)
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0dde2d89-267f-4aca-b2f0-d086b15adff0/ · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 AUG 06:00Z
    wpForo Forum < 3.1.2 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS via Profile Location Field
    cvelistv5