CVE-2026-28562CRITICAL 9.8EPSS p34.1%

CVE-2026-28562CVE-2026-28562

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.

Scoring

CVSS 3.19.8 (CRITICAL)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.43% probability of exploitation · percentile 34.1% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2026-02-28
Last modified2026-03-05

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-89

References

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

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessImproper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')cwe-890%live

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