CVE-2025-67163

MEDIUM6.1

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Simple Machines Forum v2

Published Dec 18, 2025

Modified 3 months ago

Details

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Simple Machines Forum v2.1.6 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a crafted payload into the Forum Name parameter.

References

WEB

https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF

WEB

https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF/blob/release-3.0/Themes/default/Stats.template.php#L26

WEB

https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF/security/advisories/GHSA-p2xm-x9fp-5r7x

WEB

https://github.com/mbiesiad/vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2025-67163

WEB

https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Installing

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-67163

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

ChangedS:C

Impact

Confidentiality

LowC:L

Integrity

LowI:L

Availability

NoneA:N

6.1/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedDec 18, 2025

ModifiedDec 18, 2025

CVE-2025-67163 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence