What is GHSA-7g6m-7cgf-xmj8?

GHSA-7g6m-7cgf-xmj8 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in ElkArte Forum 2.0 Beta 1 allows any registered...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-7g6m-7cgf-xmj8 cover?

GHSA-7g6m-7cgf-xmj8 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-72553. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-7g6m-7cgf-xmj8?

GHSA-7g6m-7cgf-xmj8 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-7g6m-7cgf-xmj8MediumCVSS 5.4

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in ElkArte Forum 2.0 Beta 1 allows any registered...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

August 11, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-72553 →

📋 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.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72553
https://github.com/elkarte/Elkarte
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7g6m-7cgf-xmj8