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CVE-2026-72553

ElkArte Forum ElkArte - Cross-Site Scripting

MEDIUM
5.4
CVSS Score
Published: August 11, 2026 at 11:11 AM UTC
Updated: October 24, 2026 at 03:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorElkArte

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Severity
MEDIUM5.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

ElkArte· Elkarte Forum
90%
0 ≤ v ≤ 2.0 Beta 10

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

Source: cverecord
https://github.com/elkarte/Elkarte

SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

5.4MEDIUMTuranSec
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-79

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