7.5High

CVE-2026-5097wpForo Forum <= 2.4.17 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'referer' Parameter

tomdever wpForo Forum Published: 2026-08-28 09:39 (2 months ago)

Description

The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'referer' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.17. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-89

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
tomdever	wpForo Forum	≤ 2.4.17

References and patches

CVSS score

7.5High

Source: Wordfence · CVSS 3.1

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

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

All scores (2)

cna	CVSS 3.1	7.5High
security@wordfence.com	CVSS 3.1	7.5High

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

0.55%

higher than 47% of all CVEs

CISA assessment (SSVC)

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial

Timeline

ID reserved2026-03-29
Published2026-08-28 09:39
Reached IP-DB2026-10-24 23:44
Last updated2026-08-28 18:09

Assigned by (CNA): Wordfence
NVD status: Deferred

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

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