# CVE-2026-120532: wpForo Forum \<= 3.2.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Reply Body in Moderation Forms

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-119039, GHSA-V8XQ-R574-C43R
- Severity: CVSS 6.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-11-07 · Updated: 2026-11-07

CVE-2026-120532 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 6.4 (medium) and affects wpForo Forum; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Summary

The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress, in versions up to and including 3.2.2, contains a stored cross-site scripting flaw in the reply body field used by moderation forms. An attacker who can log in with a low-privilege account such as Subscriber can reach it remotely over the network, and the injected script then runs in the browser of any user who opens the affected page.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- tomdever wpForo Forum: through 3.2.2

## Description

The wpForo Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post[body]' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on tomdever wpForo Forum, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-120532 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-120532

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-120532?

wpForo Forum: through 3.2.2.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-120532

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ac24a4ea-8cc6-4aa0-b9e4-7d95a10186a4?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/3.2.2/classes/Template.php#L1297
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/3.2.2/classes/Template.php#L1373
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/3.2.2/classes/Template.php#L2784
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpforo/tags/3.2.2/includes/functions.php#L996
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3778162%40wpforo%2Ftags%2F3.2.3&old=3717441%40wpforo%2Ftags%2F3.2.2

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