Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Drupal Colorbox Inline

Publication date: 2026-05-19

Last updated on: 2026-05-27

Assigner: Drupal.org

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ("Cross-site Scripting") vulnerability in Drupal Colorbox Inline allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This issue affects Colorbox Inline: from 0.0.0 before 2.1.1.

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Meta Information

Published

2026-05-19

Last Modified

2026-05-27

Generated

2026-06-30

AI Q&A

2026-05-20

EPSS Evaluated

2026-06-28

NVD

CVE-2026-8493

EUVD

EUVD-2026-30990

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
colorbox_inline_project	colorbox_inline	to 2.1.1 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
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.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue in the Drupal Colorbox Inline module. It occurs due to improper neutralization of input during web page generation, which means that malicious scripts can be injected and executed in the context of a user's browser.

Impact Analysis

Exploitation of this vulnerability can allow attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or redirection to malicious sites.

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