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.

Metrics

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Gvectors
  • Wpforo Forum
Wordpress
  • Wordpress

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References
Link Providers
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpforo-sql-injection-via-topics-order-by-parameter cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title wpForo 2.4.14 SQL Injection via Topics ORDER BY Parameter wpForo Forum 2.4.14 SQL Injection via Topics ORDER BY Parameter

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title wpForo 2.4.14 SQL Injection via Topics ORDER BY Parameter
First Time appeared Gvectors
Gvectors wpforo Forum
Weaknesses CWE-89
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpforo_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpforo_forum:2.4.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gvectors
Gvectors wpforo Forum
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-02-28T21:47:41.769Z

Updated: 2026-02-28T23:44:49.585Z

Reserved: 2026-02-28T20:46:46.102Z

Link: CVE-2026-28562

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-28T22:16:03.560

Modified: 2026-03-02T20:30:10.923

Link: CVE-2026-28562

cve-icon Redhat

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