WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
wpForo Forum < 3.1.3 - Subscriber+ Account Status and Reputation Manipulation via Profile Update Mass Assignment
Description
The plugin does not restrict which profile fields a member may set when editing their own account, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to write administrator-controlled account-state and reputation fields on their own profile, including self-activating a pending or banned account and forging their forum reputation score.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
ACCESS CONTROLS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Yaswanth Reddy Sunkara
Submitter
Yaswanth Reddy Sunkara
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-07-27 (about 8 days ago)
Added
2026-07-27 (about 7 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-07-27 (about 7 days ago)