# CVE-2026-12697: wpForo Forum IDOR in AI chat message deletion

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-12697-wpforo-forum-idor-in-ai-chat-message-deletion  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-07-31. Updated: 2026-07-31  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-12697 · Severity: info · CVSS 5.4 · Published 2026-07-31

A vulnerability exists in the wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress, which is used to add community discussion boards to websites. An issue in the AI chatbot feature allows any registered user to permanently delete the chat history of other users. While attackers cannot read the private messages, they can cause data loss and disrupt the service for other community members.

Technologies: [gVectors Team wpForo Forum](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/wpforo-forum). Vendors: [gVectors Team](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/gvectors-team).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-12697 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-12697 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-12697?** Informational severity, with a CVSS score of 5.4, published 31 July 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** gVectors Team wpForo Forum < 3.1.2.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-12697?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-12697 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-12697?** 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

An Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability exists in the wpForo Forum plugin's AI chatbot component. The `wpforo_ai_chat_delete_conversation` AJAX action fails to perform an ownership check on the `conversation_id` parameter before executing the deletion of associated message rows. An authenticated attacker with Subscriber-level privileges can obtain a valid nonce from the forum's public pages and iterate through conversation IDs to delete the message history of other users. While the conversation metadata row remains, the actual message content is permanently removed from the database. This issue is fixed in version 3.1.2.

## Affected products

- gVectors Team wpForo Forum < 3.1.2

## Timeline

- 2026-07-16: disclosed: Publicly published by WPScan
- 2026-07-31: advisory: NVD published date

## References

- [https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/845362bb-a733-432e-86ac-7bf079d91e0f/](https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/845362bb-a733-432e-86ac-7bf079d91e0f/)

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