CVE-2026-12698 wpForo Forum < 3.1.3 - Subscriber+ Account Status and Reputation Manipulation via Profile Update Mass Assignment
Subscribers can manipulate account status and reputation fields via mass assignment, potentially bypassing bans and forging scores.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-12698?
CVE-2026-12698 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown wpForo Forum, published on 4 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12698?
How do I fix CVE-2026-12698?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-12698 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-12698 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-12698 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-898j-cg5m-8wj7.