Vulnerability · Published Jan 6, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-13746ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board <= 2.1.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Display Name
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board from ultimatemember. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the User's Display Name in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ultimatemember | ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board | 0 – through 2.1.6 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f0eb6dc5-98e2-4d88-98f8-8a63c939b047?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forumwp/tags/2.1.5/assets/front/js/tooltip.js#L25
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forumwp/tags/2.1.5/includes/common/class-user.php#L906
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forumwp/tags/2.1.5/templates/user-card.php#L57