# Simple:Press Forum

> The most versatile and feature-rich forum plugin for WordPress. Create unlimited forums with awesome features directly in your WordPress site.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 09:29 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `simplepress`
- Author: simplepress
- Version: 6.11.15
- Active installs: 300+
- Last update: 2026-09-17 (2 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.7, PHP 7.0
- Tags: community forum, discussion forum, forum, forums, wordpress forum
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/simplepress/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 2 months ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready, Leaves a mess ↔ Clean exit, Focused ↔ All-in-one (personality).

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2025-03-31 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 6.11.5). CVE-2025-31386, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1b9f3e68-b069-4f41-87a1-ffaa287215b9?source=api-prod
- 2025-02-28 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery to Unauthorized Post Editing (up to 6.10.12). CVE-2024-13518, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4484fa86-5878-426d-92b9-8eb0751075e5?source=api-prod
- 2025-01-29 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 6.10.11). CVE-2024-12409, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b9ebeb96-2f39-488e-aef6-d5af0a37c24a?source=api-prod
- 2025-01-17 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via msearch (up to 6.10.10). CVE-2024-10483, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ceea74e0-afb2-4b5c-a538-48aace4d9619?source=api-prod
- 2022-11-29 LOW: Authenticated (Admin+) Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Modification (up to 6.8). CVE-2022-4031, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ead1a18-9429-472e-9e88-e792eaa23ae9?source=api-prod
- 2022-11-29 HIGH: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Deletion (up to 6.8). CVE-2022-4030, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/43bcf3ab-4201-4a61-82c5-2dc60b684989?source=api-prod
- 2022-11-29 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Forum Replies (up to 6.8). CVE-2022-4027, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4707fcf6-ad11-4ffc-ba56-30f6571e3d9e?source=api-prod
- 2022-11-29 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Cookie Value (up to 6.8). CVE-2022-4029, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/55a57b5f-2f87-4060-b1c2-77086f695dda?source=api-prod
- 2022-11-29 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Profile Signatures (up to 6.8). CVE-2022-4028, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e77082a7-dd65-40e9-a1be-0144afa869ef?source=api-prod
- 2020-09-25 CRITICAL: Arbitrary File Upload (before 6.6.1). CVE-2020-36706, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/53eba5b4-7cc0-48e1-bb9c-6ed3207151ab?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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