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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

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 Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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No CVSS v2

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
gVectors Team wpForo Forum unaffected
Version Status Constraints
2.4 affected < 2.4.16
2.4.16 unaffected —

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References
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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-forum-privilege-escalation-via-role-synchronization-handler cve-icon cve-icon
History

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

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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.
Title wpForo Forum 2.4.14 Privilege Escalation via Role Synchronization Handler
First Time appeared Gvectors
Gvectors wpforo Forum
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpforo_forum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpforo_forum:2.4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Gvectors
Gvectors wpforo Forum
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': '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'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-28T21:47:37.400Z

Reserved: 2026-02-28T18:54:23.280Z

Link: CVE-2026-28557

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-28T22:16:02.427

Modified: 2026-02-28T22:16:02.427

Link: CVE-2026-28557

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