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.
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Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title ElkArte Forum ElkArte - Cross-Site Scripting
Weaknesses CWE-79
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: TuranSec

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-11T15:16:23.690Z

Reserved: 2026-08-10T10:32:49.081Z

Link: CVE-2026-72553

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-11T15:16:19.195Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-11T12:17:40.980

Modified: 2026-08-11T16:17:35.680

Link: CVE-2026-72553

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-11T17:15:06Z