CVE-2026-12697 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 3.1.2 does not verify that an AI chat conversation belongs to the requesting user before deleting its messages, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to permanently delete the stored AI chat message history of any other user.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00132.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

wpForo Forum

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 3.1.2

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Project Subscriptions

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/845362bb-a733-432e-86ac-7bf079d91e0f/

History

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-639
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The wpForo Forum WordPress plugin before 3.1.2 does not verify that an AI chat conversation belongs to the requesting user before deleting its messages, allowing users with a subscriber-level account to permanently delete the stored AI chat message history of any other user.
Title		wpForo Forum < 3.1.2 - Subscriber+ Cross-User AI Chat Message Deletion via IDOR
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/845362bb-a733-432e-86ac-7bf079d91e0f/

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-31T06:00:11.681Z

Updated: 2026-07-31T16:47:17.952Z

Reserved: 2026-06-19T09:25:21.565Z

Link: CVE-2026-12697

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-31T16:46:34.579Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-639

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