Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-12696 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-12696 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-12696?
- Informational severity, with a CVSS score of 8, published 1 August 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- gVectors Team wpForo Forum < 3.1.2.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-12696?
- A patch was published on 2026-08-01: NVD publication date; fix available in 3.1.2 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-12696 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-12696?
- Check whether you run gVectors Team wpForo Forum at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress prior to version 3.1.2. The issue stems from a failure to properly sanitize and escape user profile fields (specifically the location field) before rendering them within HTML attributes on public participant profile pages. An attacker with at least 'Subscriber' level privileges can inject malicious JavaScript into their profile. When a victim, such as a site administrator, views the affected profile, the script executes in their browser session. This can lead to session hijacking, unauthorized administrative actions, or further site compromise. The vulnerability is fixed in version 3.1.2.
Affected products
- gVectors Team wpForo Forum < 3.1.2
Timeline
- 2026-07-20: disclosed
- 2026-07-20: advisory: WPScan advisory published
- 2026-08-01: patched: NVD publication date; fix available in 3.1.2