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CVE-2026-28562

wpForo Forum 2.4.14 SQL Injection via Topics ORDER BY Parameter

Published: Feb 28, 2026Updated: Mar 5, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-89
8.2HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 65.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

wpForo 2.4.14 contains an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in Topics::get_topics() where the ORDER BY clause relies on ineffective esc_sql() sanitization on unquoted identifiers. Attackers exploit the wpfob parameter with CASE WHEN payloads to perform blind boolean extraction of credentials from the WordPress database.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-89

Affected Products

wpforo forumgvectors
On-premCMS Plugin
Web & CMS Plugins / forum-wiki
wpForo ForumgVectors Team
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
gvectorscommercialWeb & CMS Pluginsaka wpforo forum, wpdiscuz
gvectors teamcommercialWeb & CMS Pluginsaka wpdiscuz, wpforo

Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Initial Access
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References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/
wordpress.org
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers
wordpress.org
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpforo-sql-injection-via-topics-order-by-parameter
vulncheck.com

Timeline

Published
Feb 28, 2026
Last Updated
Mar 5, 2026

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