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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
PR:L confirmed by authenticated contributor requirement; S:C reflects XSS crossing into victim browser context; no availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (drupal).
CVSS VectorVendor: drupal
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ("Cross-site Scripting") vulnerability in Drupal Colorbox allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This issue affects Colorbox versions: from 0.0.0 to 2.1.5, from 0.0.0 to 2.2.0.
AnalysisAI
Cross-site scripting in the Drupal Colorbox module allows an authenticated low-privileged attacker to inject malicious scripts that execute in the browser context of other users. The CVSS scope-change indicator (S:C) confirms this is likely stored XSS, where crafted input persists and executes when victims visit affected pages. No active exploitation is confirmed - EPSS sits at 0.20% (10th percentile) and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog - but a vendor patch is available via Drupal security advisory SA-CONTRIB-2026-069.
Technical ContextAI
Colorbox is a Drupal contributed module (cpe:2.3:a:drupal:colorbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) that integrates the jQuery Colorbox lightbox plugin for displaying images, HTML, and multimedia in overlay dialogs. The root cause is CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation - meaning user-supplied content is rendered into the HTML output without adequate escaping or sanitization. The CVSS scope-change metric (S:C) indicates the payload crosses a security boundary: script injected by a low-privileged author executes within the browser session of a different, potentially more privileged, user. This is a classic stored XSS pattern common in CMS content management modules where content editors can supply Colorbox-formatted field values.
RemediationAI
Apply the vendor-released patch by upgrading the Drupal Colorbox module to the fixed version per Drupal security advisory SA-CONTRIB-2026-069 (https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2026-069). For sites on the 2.1.x branch, upgrade beyond 2.1.5; for sites on the 2.2.x branch, upgrade beyond 2.2.0. An exact patched release version was not independently confirmed from the available input data - consult the advisory directly for the precise target version. If an immediate upgrade is not possible, restrict the 'create content' or field-editing permissions for the affected Colorbox-configured content types to trusted roles only, which reduces the PR:L attack surface by preventing untrusted contributors from injecting payloads. Note that this workaround does not eliminate the vulnerability if any contributor-level role exists with field access.
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The Colorbox module 7.x-2.x before 7.x-2.10 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to byp
Same weakness CWE-79 – Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2026-43073
GHSA-xj92-p35c-g452