CVE-2026-72553

Published: Aug 11, 2026Modified: Sep 3, 2026Deferred

5.4

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.3 / Impact: 2.7

Source: 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c (Secondary)

Description

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in ElkArte Forum 2.0 Beta 1 allows any registered member to inject persistent JavaScript into the profile fields cust_blurb and cust_locate. The fields are saved without HTML encoding and rendered unescaped in profile views visible to administrators. An attacker can craft a payload that executes in an administrator session, enabling session hijacking or privilege escalation.

Related CWEs

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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.

References (1)

https://github.com/elkarte/Elkarte

Source: 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c

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