Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-42682 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-42682 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-42682?
- Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.1, published 1 June 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- gVectors Team wpForo Forum up to 3.0.6.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-42682?
- 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-2026-42682 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-42682?
- 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 Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability exists in the wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress through version 3.0.6. The flaw stems from incorrectly configured access control security levels, which fail to properly validate user permissions before executing sensitive functions. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending crafted network requests to perform actions that should be restricted to higher-privileged users. This can lead to unauthorized data modification or loss of service availability. The issue is resolved in version 3.0.7.
Affected products
- Tomdever wpForo Forum up to 3.0.6
Timeline
- 2026-04-18: other: Reported by Tiago Ventura (@perses)
- 2026-05-18: advisory: Patchstack published advisory
- 2026-06-01: disclosed: NVD published CVE record