e107inc e107 up to 2.3.12 Form search.php parse_str author cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in e107inc e107 up to 2.3.12. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is the function parse_str of the file search.php of the component Form Handler. The manipulation of the argument Author leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-114407. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in e107inc e107 up to 2.3.12. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function parse_str of the file search.php of the component Form Handler. The manipulation of the argument author with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

e107 CMS before 2.3.13 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious HTML by manipulating the author GET parameter in search.php, which is parsed with parse_str() and concatenated unescaped into a rendered input tag via the form handler's 'other' option key. Attackers can craft a single GET request containing a crafted author parameter to break out of the HTML input tag and inject an img element with an onerror handler, executing arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser session.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-114407 since 10/21/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

By approaching the search of inurl:search.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 2.3.13 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• e107inc

Name

• e107

Version

• 2.3.0
• 2.3.1
• 2.3.2
• 2.3.3
• 2.3.4
• 2.3.5
• 2.3.6
• 2.3.7
• 2.3.8
• 2.3.9
• 2.3.10
• 2.3.11
• 2.3.12

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/e107inc/e107/

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