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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.3 Medium

CVE-2026-28554

wpForo Forum 2.4.14 Missing Authorization via Post Approval AJAX Handler

Description

wpForo Forum 2.4.14 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated subscribers to approve or unapprove any forum post via the wpforo_approve_ajax AJAX handler. Attackers exploit the nonce-only check by submitting a valid nonce with an arbitrary post ID to bypass moderation controls entirely.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

gVectors Team wpForo Forum

Default version status: unaffected

  • 2.4 to < 2.4.16affected
  • 2.4.16unaffected

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