The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'referer' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.17. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

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Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'referer' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.17. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Title wpForo Forum <= 2.4.17 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'referer' Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-89
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-28T10:38:20.772Z

Reserved: 2026-03-29T06:24:39.363Z

Link: CVE-2026-5097

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-28T10:37:54.077Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-28T08:16:41.003

Modified: 2026-08-28T15:09:00.790

Link: CVE-2026-5097

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-28T14:30:08Z

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