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High 7.3Published May 12, 2026

CVE-2026-43939YAF.NET: Stored XSS in Forum Thread Posts/Replies Allowing Arbitrary JavaScript Execution for All Thread Viewers

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It affects YAFNET. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

YetAnotherForum.NET (YAF.NET) is a C# ASP.NET forum. Prior to 4.0.5 and 3.2.12, the thread posting and reply feature accepts user-supplied content via a a post or reply that is stored server-side and later rendered back into the thread page without adequate HTML sanitization or contextual output encoding. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.5 and 3.2.12.

CVSS
7.3 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79, CWE-80, CWE-116
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
GitHub_M
NVD analysis
Deferred
Record last updated
May 13, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
YAFNET YAFNET
yafnet:yafnet (from the name)
from 4.0.0-beta.1, < 4.0.5; before 3.2.12
CNA record

References

References

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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