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

Fixed in 3.1.3

References

Classification

Type
ACCESS CONTROLS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Yaswanth Reddy Sunkara
Submitter
Yaswanth Reddy Sunkara
Verified
Yes

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)

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