CVE-2026-28562

HIGH EPSS 34.3%
Published Feb 28, 20264mo ago · Modified Mar 5, 20263mo ago
8.8 CVSS 4.0
High
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Published Feb 28, 2026 4mo ago
Last Modified Mar 5, 2026 3mo ago

Description

wpForo 2.4.14 contains an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in Topics::get_topics() where the ORDER BY clause relies on ineffective esc_sql() sanitization on unquoted identifiers. Attackers exploit the wpfob parameter with CASE WHEN payloads to perform blind boolean extraction of credentials from the WordPress database.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.8
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
34.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-89 SQL Injection Injection

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
gvectorswpforo_forum*≥2.4.0  –  <2.4.15

References 3

  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/
    Product
  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers
    Release Notes
  • vulncheck.com https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpforo-sql-injection-via-topics-order-by-parameter
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.