Medium 5.4Published Aug 11, 2026

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

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 09:50 UTC)

Does this affect you?

It affects ElkArte Forum ElkArte. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

Do this next

Start free and add your stack

Free account, 1 product

Every CVE for ElkArte Forum ElkArte

Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: TuranSec
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Aug 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

ElkArte Forum ElkArte elkarte_forum:elkarte (from the name)	through 2.0 Beta 1	CNA record

References

https://github.com/elkarte/Elkarte

The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.