EIP-2026-112961

PRE-CVE

Vanilla Forums 2.0.18.4 - Tagging Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-112961. PoCs published by Henry Hoggard.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a stored XSS vulnerability in Vanilla Forums 2.0.18.4 by injecting a malicious script tag as a thread tag, which executes when an administrator or moderator edits the thread.

Description

Vanilla Forums 2.0.18.4 - Tagging Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Henry Hoggard · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18980

This exploit demonstrates a stored XSS vulnerability in Vanilla Forums 2.0.18.4 by injecting a malicious script tag as a thread tag, which executes when an administrator or moderator edits the thread.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Vanilla Forums 2.0.18.4
Auth required
Prerequisites: Ability to create a thread · Proxy or form manipulation to bypass max-length restriction
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026