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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| https://github.com/elkarte/Elkarte |
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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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: TuranSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-11T11:11:01.806Z
Reserved: 2026-08-10T10:32:49.081Z
Link: CVE-2026-72553
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