PT-2026-1401 · WordPress · Forumwp

Sergej Ljubojevic · Published 2026-01-06 · Updated 2026-01-06 · CVE-2025-13746

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board plugin for WordPress versions prior to 2.1.7

Description The ForumWP plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting. This is due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping when handling a User's Display Name. Authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher can inject malicious web scripts into pages. These scripts will then execute whenever a user views the affected page.

Recommendations Update to version 2.1.7 or later.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-13746

Affected Products

Forumwp

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13746 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forumwp/tags/2.1.5/includes/common/class-user.php#L906 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forumwp/tags/2.1.5/templates/user-card.php#L57 · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/41459 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2008530387572560063 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f0eb6dc5-98e2-4d88-98f8-8a63c939b047?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forumwp/tags/2.1.5/assets/front/js/tooltip.js#L25 · Note