CVE-2025-67163
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Publication date: 2025-12-18

Last updated on: 2025-12-19

Assigner: MITRE

Description
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.
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Published
2025-12-18
Last Modified
2025-12-19
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2026-06-16
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2025-12-18
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2025-67163
EUVD
EUVD-2025-204342
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Vendor Product Version / Range
simple_machines forum 2.1.6
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CWE ID Description
CWE-83 The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes "javascript:" or other URIs from dangerous attributes within tags, such as onmouseover, onload, onerror, or style.
CWE-79 The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
CWE-20 The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in Simple Machines Forum version 2.1.6. It allows attackers to inject malicious web scripts or HTML by inserting a crafted payload into the Forum Name parameter. When other users view the affected forum, the malicious script executes in their browsers.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can allow attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the forum website, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, theft of user credentials, or other malicious actions affecting users of the forum.

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