Known vulnerabilities in PressForward

PressForward provides an integrated workflow for curating content aggregated from the web.

3Reported vulnerabilities

6.4Highest CVSS score

5.9.5Latest version

100+Active installs

What to do now

Update PressForward to 5.2.9 or later. 2 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: December 22, 2025 / Tested up to WordPress: 6.9.7 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2025-28987	Medium 6.4	0.2%	5.9.1 and earlier	—	July 31, 2025
CVE-2017-12948	Medium 6.1	0.8%	4.3.0 and earlier	`5.2.4`	August 18, 2017
WF-f05e5283-e9d9-44c8-9214-96dc18d94f7a	Medium 6.1	—	5.2.8 and earlier	`5.2.9`	May 27, 2022

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.