{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72553 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-72553 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-72553 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ElkArte, published on 11 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-72553 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-72553 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ElkArte, published on 11 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72553 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: ElkArte. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72553/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72553/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-72553","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72553/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-72553","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-7g6m-7cgf-xmj8"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["account_takeover","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"ElkArte Forum","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Stored XSS in ElkArte Forum allows registered users to inject JavaScript into profile fields, potentially hijacking admin sessions and escalating privileges.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"TuranSec","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":5.4,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"ElkArte Forum ElkArte - Cross-Site Scripting","id":"CVE-2026-72553","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Ladybird Web Solution Faveo Helpdesk - Broken Access Control","id":"CVE-2026-72554"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Dub Dub - Server-Side Request Forgery","id":"CVE-2026-72552"},"products":["ElkArte"],"published":"2026-08-11","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-11","vendors":["ElkArte Forum"]},"summary":"Stored XSS in ElkArte Forum allows registered users to inject JavaScript into profile fields, potentially hijacking admin sessions and escalating privileges.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72553/"}