Vulnerability · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-28561wpForo Forum 2.4.14 Stored XSS via Unescaped Forum Description in Templates

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in wpForo Forum from gVectors Team. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

wpForo Forum 2.4.14 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows administrators to inject persistent JavaScript via forum description fields echoed without output escaping across multiple theme template files. On multisite installations or with a compromised admin account, attackers set a forum description containing HTML event handlers that execute when any user views the forum listing.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
gVectors Team	wpForo Forum	2.4 – before 2.4.16

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

wpForo Forum WordPress Plugin product
wpForo Forum Contributors & Developers patch
VulnCheck Advisory: wpForo Forum 2.4.14 Stored XSS via Unescaped Forum Description in Templates third-party-advisory