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Medium 6.1Published Dec 18, 2025
CVE-2025-67163A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Simple Machines Forum v2.1.6 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a crafted payload into the Forum Name paramet…
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A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Simple Machines Forum v2.1.6 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a crafted payload into the Forum Name parameter.
- CVSS
- 6.1 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20, CWE-79, CWE-83
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
simplemachines simple_machines_forum simplemachines:simple_machines_forum | 2.1.6 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMFproduct
- https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF/blob/release-3.0/Themes/default/Stats.template.php#L26product
- https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF/security/advisories/GHSA-p2xm-x9fp-5r7xbroken-link
- https://github.com/mbiesiad/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2025-67163third-party-advisory
- https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Installingproduct
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