Medium 4.3Published Feb 28, 2026

CVE-2026-28554wpForo Forum 2.4.14 Missing Authorization via Post Approval AJAX Handler

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 25, 2026, 8:10 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 4.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-862
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

gVectors Team wpForo Forum gvectors_team:wpforo_forum (from the name)	from 2.4 before 2.4.16; 2.4.16 not affected	CNA record
gvectors wpforo_forum gvectors:wpforo_forum	from 2.4.0 before 2.4.16	NVD

References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/product
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developerspatch, release-notes
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpforo-forum-missing-authorization-via-post-approval-ajax-handlerthird-party-advisory

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