CVE-2026-4666
wpForo Forum <= 2.4.16 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Forum Post Modification via 'guestposting' Parameter
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
Description
The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to the use of `extract($args, EXTR_OVERWRITE)` on user-controlled input in the `edit()` method of `classes/Posts.php` in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.16. The `post_edit` action handler in `Actions.php` passes `$_REQUEST['post']` directly to `Posts::edit()`, which calls `extract($args, EXTR_OVERWRITE)`. An attacker can inject `post[guestposting]=1` to overwrite the local `$guestposting` variable, causing the entire permission check block to be skipped. The nonce check uses a hardcoded `wpforo_verify_form` action shared across all 8 forum templates, so any user who can view any forum page obtains a valid nonce. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to edit the title, body, name, and email fields of any forum post, including posts in private forums, admin posts, and moderator posts. Content passes through `wpforo_kses()` which strips JavaScript but allows rich HTML.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 74% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected ≤ 2.4.16
References (8)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/049ffab1-677d-4112-9f1d-092ee01299f1?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.4.16/classes/Posts.php#L283 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.4.16/classes/Posts.php#L285 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.4.16/classes/Actions.php#L773 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/2.4.16/includes/functions.php#L532 (opens in a new tab)
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/ (opens in a new tab)
- https://ti.wordfence.io/vendors/patch/1885/download (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fwpforo/tags/2.4.16&new_path=%2Fwpforo/tags/2.4.17 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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