Vulnerability · Published Aug 11, 2026 · Assigned by TuranSec

CVE-2026-72553ElkArte Forum ElkArte - Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in ElkArte from ElkArte Forum. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
ElkArte Forum	ElkArte	0 – through 2.0 Beta 1

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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