CVE-2026-28559 (GCVE-0-2026-28559)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-28 21:47 – Updated: 2026-03-06 15:13
VLAI?
Title
wpForo Forum 2.4.14 Information Disclosure via Global RSS Feed
Summary
wpForo Forum 2.4.14 contains an information disclosure vulnerability that allows unauthenticated users to retrieve private and unapproved forum topics via the global RSS feed endpoint. Attackers request the RSS feed without a forum ID parameter, bypassing the privacy and status WHERE clauses that are only applied when a specific forum ID is present in the query.
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gVectors Team wpForo Forum Affected: 2.4 , < 2.4.16 (semver)
Unaffected: 2.4.16 (semver)
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Credits
Scott Moore - VulnCheck
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