VDB-339563 · CVE-2025-13746 · GCVE-0-2025-13746

ForumWP Plugin up to 2.1.6 on WordPress Display Name cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ForumWP Plugin up to 2.1.6 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Display Name Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-13746. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in ForumWP Plugin up to 2.1.6 on WordPress. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Display Name Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The ForumWP – Forum & Discussion Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the User's Display Name in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-13746. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Name

ForumWP Plugin

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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CNA Base Score: 6.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/05/2026 Advisory disclosed
01/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/06/2026 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-13746 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-13746
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-339563

Entryinfo

Created: 01/05/2026 17:30
Updated: 01/06/2026 06:06
Changes: 01/05/2026 17:30 (51), 01/06/2026 06:06 (12)
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