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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2026-28561 EUVD-2026-9110GHSA-4595-c58r-mv75

wpForo Forum 2.4.14 Stored XSS via Unescaped Forum Description in Templates

Published Feb 28, 2026 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

wpForo Forum 2.4.14 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows administrators to inject persistent JavaScript via forum description fields echoed without output escaping across multiple theme template files. On multisite installations or with a compromised admin account, attackers set a forum description containing HTML event handlers that execute when any user views the forum listing.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
gVectors Team wpForo Forum 2.4 – < 2.4.16 2.4.16

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