CVE-2026-28557

7.1 highEPSS 0.3%

High (7.1) in gvectors wpforo forum. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

wpForo Forum 2.4.14 contains a missing capability check vulnerability that allows authenticated users to trigger bulk wpForo usergroup reassignment via the wpforo_synch_roles AJAX handler. Attackers access the usergroups admin page, accessible to any authenticated user, to obtain a nonce, then remap all wpForo usergroups to arbitrary WordPress roles.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

7.1 high

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 24% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-862
Published: 2026-02-28
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

gvectors:wpforo_forum

References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpforo-forum-privilege-escalation-via-role-synchronization-handler

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