Is Asgaros Forum safe to use?

Laskyr does not give safety verdicts. No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (3.5.0). As of 2026-11-04. 13 issues are on record for older versions; version 3.5.0 or newer fixes all of them that state a fix. Keep Asgaros Forum on the latest version (3.5.0) and remove it if you do not use it.

Which versions of Asgaros Forum are vulnerable?

Known issues on record (newest first): Missing authorization check (3.4.0 and older, fixed in 3.5.0); Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (3.2.1 and older, fixed in 3.3.0); SQL injection (3.1.0 and older, fixed in 3.2.0); Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) (3.2.1 and older, fixed in 3.3.0); Authentication bypass (3.0.0 and older, fixed in 3.1.0); Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (2.8.0 and older, fixed in 2.9.0). The full list with sources is on this page.

What is the latest version of Asgaros Forum?

3.5.0, according to wordpress.org (last updated 2026-10-23). It has 10,000+ active installs.

What should I do if my Asgaros Forum is out of date?

Take a backup, then update it from Dashboard > Updates (or run wp plugin update asgaros-forum). If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can. If you think the site was already attacked, run a free scan at https://laskyr.com/scan.

Plugins · asgaros-forum · data as of 2026-11-04

Is Asgaros Forum safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

Latest version: 3.5.0
Last updated: 2026-10-23
Active installs: 10,000+
Known issues on record: 13
Unpatched in latest: 0
Tested up to WP: 7.1.4 · PHP 5.3+

Asgaros Forum is the best forum-plugin for WordPress! It comes with dozens of features in a beautiful design and stays simple and fast. — by Asgaros

What to do

Update to the latest version (3.5.0). Anything older than 3.5.0 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.

With WP-CLI: wp plugin get asgaros-forum --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update asgaros-forum updates it.

Check your version

Known vulnerabilities

13 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.

medium 4.3 CVE-2026-39779 · published 2026-10-09

Missing authorization check in Asgaros Forum (3.4.0 and older)

Affected: 3.4.0 and older
Fixed in: 3.5.0 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Asgaros Asgaros Forum asgaros-forum allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Asgaros Forum: from n/a through 3.4.0.

NVD CVE-2026-39779 Patchstack advisory

medium 4.3 CVE-2025-12901 · published 2025-11-12

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Asgaros Forum (3.2.1 and older)

Affected: 3.2.1 and older
Fixed in: 3.3.0 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Asgaros Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the set_subscription_level() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the subscription settings of authenticated users via a forged request granted they can trick a logged-in user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

NVD CVE-2025-12901 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)github.com Plugin source

high 7.5 CVE-2025-11452 · published 2025-11-08

SQL injection in Asgaros Forum (3.1.0 and older)

Affected: 3.1.0 and older
Fixed in: 3.2.0 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Asgaros Forum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the '$_COOKIE['asgarosforum_unread_exclude']' cookie in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

NVD CVE-2025-11452 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)github.com

medium 6.5 CVE-2025-39514 · published 2025-04-16

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Asgaros Forum (3.2.1 and older)

Affected: 3.2.1 and older
Fixed in: 3.3.0
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Asgaros Asgaros Forum asgaros-forum allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Asgaros Forum: from n/a through <= 3.2.1.

NVD CVE-2025-39514 Patchstack advisory

medium 4.3 CVE-2025-32227 · published 2025-04-10

Authentication bypass in Asgaros Forum (3.0.0 and older)

Affected: 3.0.0 and older
Fixed in: 3.1.0
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in Asgaros Asgaros Forum asgaros-forum allows Identity Spoofing.This issue affects Asgaros Forum: from n/a through <= 3.0.0.

NVD CVE-2025-32227 Patchstack advisory

high 8.8 CVE-2024-32440 · published 2024-04-15

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Asgaros Forum (2.8.0 and older)

Affected: 2.8.0 and older
Fixed in: 2.9.0
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Thomas Belser Asgaros Forum.This issue affects Asgaros Forum: from n/a through 2.8.0.

NVD CVE-2024-32440 Patchstack advisory

critical 9.8 CVE-2024-22284 · published 2024-01-24

PHP object injection in Asgaros Forum (2.7.2 and older)

Affected: 2.7.2 and older
Fixed in: 2.8.0
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Thomas Belser Asgaros Forum.This issue affects Asgaros Forum: from n/a through 2.7.2.

NVD CVE-2024-22284 Patchstack advisory

critical 9.8 CVE-2023-5604 · published 2023-11-27

Remote code execution in Asgaros Forum (older than 2.7.1)

Affected: older than 2.7.1
Fixed in: 2.7.1
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Asgaros Forum WordPress plugin before 2.7.1 allows forum administrators, who may not be WordPress (super-)administrators, to set insecure configuration that allows unauthenticated users to upload dangerous files (e.g. .php, .phtml), potentially leading to remote code execution.

NVD CVE-2023-5604 WPScan advisory

high 8.8 CVE-2022-41608 · published 2023-05-22

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Asgaros Forum (2.2.0 and older)

Affected: 2.2.0 and older
Fixed in: 2.3.0
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Thomas Belser Asgaros Forum plugin <= 2.2.0 versions.

NVD CVE-2022-41608 Patchstack advisory

high 8.8 CVE-2022-0411 · published 2022-02-28

SQL injection in Asgaros Forum (older than 2.0.0)

Affected: older than 2.0.0
Fixed in: 2.0.0
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: NVD analysis · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Asgaros Forum WordPress plugin before 2.0.0 does not sanitise and escape the post_id parameter before using it in a SQL statement via a REST route of the plugin (accessible to any authenticated user), leading to a SQL injection

NVD CVE-2022-0411 WPScan advisory Code change (fix)

high 7.2 CVE-2021-25045 · published 2022-01-24

SQL injection in Asgaros Forum (older than 1.15.15)

Affected: older than 1.15.15
Fixed in: 1.15.15
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account
Range from: NVD analysis · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Asgaros Forum WordPress plugin before 1.15.15 does not validate or escape the forum_id parameter before using it in a SQL statement when editing a forum, leading to an SQL injection issue

NVD CVE-2021-25045 WPScan advisory Code change (fix)

medium 4.8 CVE-2021-42365 · published 2021-11-29

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Asgaros Forum (1.15.13 to 1.15.13)

Affected: 1.15.13 to 1.15.13
Fixed in: 2.0.0 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Asgaros Forums WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping via the name parameter found in the ~/admin/tables/admin-structure-table.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.15.13. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.

NVD CVE-2021-42365 Code change (fix)Wordfence advisory

critical 9.8 CVE-2021-24827 · published 2021-11-08

SQL injection in Asgaros Forum (older than 1.15.13)

Affected: older than 1.15.13
Fixed in: 1.15.13
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: NVD analysis · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Asgaros Forum WordPress plugin before 1.15.13 does not validate and escape user input when subscribing to a topic before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an unauthenticated SQL injection issue

NVD CVE-2021-24827 WPScan advisory Code change (fix)

Recent activity

2026-10-23 — latest release on wordpress.org (3.5.0).
2026-10-09 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-39779), fixed in 3.5.0.
2025-11-12 — Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) disclosed (CVE-2025-12901), fixed in 3.3.0.
2025-11-08 — SQL injection disclosed (CVE-2025-11452), fixed in 3.2.0.

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Types found in this plugin: SQL injection (4) · Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (3) · Cross-site scripting (XSS) (2) · Missing authorization (1) · Authentication bypass (1) · PHP object injection (1) · Remote code execution (1)

Where this data comes from

Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/asgaros-forum (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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Is Asgaros Forum safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (3.5.0)

What to do

Check your version

Known vulnerabilities

Missing authorization check in Asgaros Forum (3.4.0 and older)

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Asgaros Forum (3.2.1 and older)

SQL injection in Asgaros Forum (3.1.0 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Asgaros Forum (3.2.1 and older)

Authentication bypass in Asgaros Forum (3.0.0 and older)

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Asgaros Forum (2.8.0 and older)

PHP object injection in Asgaros Forum (2.7.2 and older)

Remote code execution in Asgaros Forum (older than 2.7.1)

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Asgaros Forum (2.2.0 and older)

SQL injection in Asgaros Forum (older than 2.0.0)

SQL injection in Asgaros Forum (older than 1.15.15)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Asgaros Forum (1.15.13 to 1.15.13)

SQL injection in Asgaros Forum (older than 1.15.13)

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