Is CVE-2026-28555 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-28555 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-28555?

CVE-2026-28555 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-28555?

CVE-2026-28555 has an EPSS score of 0.27% (18th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2026-28555?

Upgrade wpforo forum to 2.4.16 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-28555

MEDIUM

4.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

wpForo Forum 2.4.14 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated subscribers to close or reopen any forum topic via the wpforo_close_ajax handler. Attackers submit a valid nonce with an arbitrary topic ID to bypass the moderator permission requirement and disrupt forum discussions.

CWE-862Missing Authorization

How to fix

Remediation Available

wpforo forumNVD

Affected:>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.16Fixed in:2.4.16CVE-2026-28555derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

18thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 18% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

vulncheck.com

Release Notes1

wordpress.org

Product1

wordpress.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2021-39226	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-0543	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-21978	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-52163	High	8.8	96%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-1329	High	8.8	93%	-	-
CVE-2023-6875	Critical	9.8	90%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-03-04.