Medium 5.4Published Feb 28, 2026

CVE-2026-28556wpForo Forum 2.4.14 Missing Authorization via Topic Management Form Handlers

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 4:50 PM ET)

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wpForo Forum 2.4.14 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated subscribers to move, merge, or split any forum topic via the topic_move, topic_merge, and topic_split form action handlers. Attackers with a valid form nonce can reorganize arbitrary forum content without moderator permissions, including relocating topics to private forums.

CVSS: 5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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

References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/	product
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers	patch, release-notes
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpforo-forum-missing-authorization-via-topic-management-form-handlers	third-party-advisory

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