CVE-2026-72553

Summary

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 Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
ElkArte ForumElkArte0 <= 2.0 Beta 1affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-79: CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References