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CVE-2026-28562 - Vulnerability Analysis

HighCVSS: 8.2

Last Updated: February 28, 2026

wpForo - SQL Injection

Published: February 28, 2026Updated: February 28, 2026Remote Exploitable

Overview

wpForo 2.4.14 contains an unauthenticated SQL injection caused by ineffective esc_sql() sanitization on unquoted identifiers in Topics::get_topics(), letting attackers extract credentials via blind boolean SQL injection, exploit requires no authentication.

Severity & Score

Severity: High

CVSS Score: 8.2

Impact

Attackers can extract sensitive credentials from the WordPress database without authentication.

Mitigation

Update to the latest version of wpForo.

References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpforo-sql-injection-via-topics-order-by-parameter

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Details

CVE ID: CVE-2026-28562
Severity: High
CVSS Score: 8.2
Type: sql_injection
Status: new

CWE

CWE-89

CVSS Metrics

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