CVE-2026-28557
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This vulnerability allows an attacker, who is already logged in as an authenticated user, to change the user group assignments for all users in the wpForo forum to any WordPress role they choose. By exploiting this flaw, they can gain unauthorized access to sensitive areas of the forum or elevate their own privileges.
Technical Description
wpForo Forum 2.4.14 contains a missing capability check vulnerability that allows authenticated users to trigger bulk wpForo usergroup reassignment via the wpforo_synch_roles AJAX handler. Attackers access the usergroups admin page, accessible to any authenticated user, to obtain a nonce, then remap all wpForo usergroups to arbitrary WordPress roles.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XExploit Resources
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Published
Feb 28, 2026
about 1 month ago
Last Modified
Mar 4, 2026
about 1 month ago
Vendor
gvectors
Product
wpforo forum
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