CVE-2026-28562 | THREATINT

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-02-28 | Published 2026-02-28 | Updated 2026-02-28 | Assigner VulnCheck

HIGH: 8.8CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

HIGH: 8.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Problem types

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Product status

Default status

unaffected

2.4 (semver) before 2.4.15

affected

2.4.15 (semver)

unaffected

Credits

Scott Moore - VulnCheck finder

References

wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/ (wpForo Forum WordPress Plugin) product

wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/ (wpForo Forum Contributors & Developers) patch

www.vulncheck.com/...injection-via-topics-order-by-parameter (VulnCheck Advisory: wpForo 2.4.14 SQL Injection via Topics ORDER BY Parameter) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-28562)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-28562)

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