WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board < 2.1.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Display Name

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.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.1.7

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Sergej Ljubojevic
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-01-05 (about 6 months ago)
Added
2026-01-05 (about 6 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-01-06 (about 6 months ago)

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