CVE-2026-28554
mediumpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 23 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
wpForo Forum 2.4.14 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated subscribers to approve or unapprove any forum post via the wpforo_approve_ajax AJAX handler. Attackers exploit the nonce-only check by submitting a valid nonce with an arbitrary post ID to bypass moderation controls entirely.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.3–5.3
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affected products (2)
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references (10)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-28554cnnvd
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/Patchcnnvd
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developerscnnvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpforo-forum-missing-authorization-via-post-approval-ajax-handlercnnvd
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/enisa_euvd
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developersenisa_euvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpforo-forum-missing-authorization-via-post-approval-ajax-handlerenisa_euvd
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/Productnvd
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