What is GHSA-898j-cg5m-8wj7?

GHSA-898j-cg5m-8wj7 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 3.1.3 does not restrict which profile fields a member...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-898j-cg5m-8wj7 cover?

GHSA-898j-cg5m-8wj7 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-12698. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-898j-cg5m-8wj7?

GHSA-898j-cg5m-8wj7 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-898j-cg5m-8wj7MediumCVSS 4.3

The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 3.1.3 does not restrict which profile fields a member...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 4, 2026

Last Modified

August 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-12698 →

📋 Description

The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 3.1.3 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.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12698
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b90a74b5-1694-4afc-9232-95cf092e2c98
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-898j-cg5m-8wj7