---
id: CVE-2026-12696
title: >-
  The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 3.1.2 does not sanitize and escape a
  user profile field before outputting it inside an HTML attribute on the public
  participant profile page, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to
  inje…
summary: >-
  The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 3.1.2 does not sanitize and escape a
  user profile field before outputting it inside an HTML attribute on the public
  participant profile page, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to
  inje…
severity: none
published: '2026-08-01'
updated: '2026-08-01'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12696'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0dde2d89-267f-4aca-b2f0-d086b15adff0/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00226
epssPercentile: 0.11888
ingestedAt: '2026-08-02T01:16:32.270Z'
---

## Overview

The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 3.1.2 does not sanitize and escape a user profile field before outputting it inside an HTML attribute on the public participant profile page, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to inject JavaScript that executes in the browser of any visitor who views the profile, including a logged-in administrator.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.