CVE-2026-27506
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedSVXportal version 2.5 and prior contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the user profile update workflow (user_settings.php submitting to admin/update_user.php). Authenticated users can store malicious HTML/JavaScript in fields such as Firstname, lastname, email, and image_url, which are later rendered without adequate output encoding in the administrator interface (admin/users.php), resulting in JavaScript execution in an administrator's browser when the affected page is viewed.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceSVXportal 2.5 and prior has a stored XSS vulnerability where authenticated users can inject malicious JavaScript via user profile fields (Firstname, lastname, email, image_url) through user_settings.php to admin/update_user.php. This payload executes when administrators view affected user records in admin/users.php without proper output encoding.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 2.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Svxportal installation versionCheck the application's version information, typically found in a version file, README, or the application footer. Compare against the affected range: <= 2.5Affected if The installed version is 2.5 or lower
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Verify admin/users.php endpoint existsCheck if the file admin/users.php exists within the web application directory structureAffected if The admin/users.php file is present, indicating the vulnerable administrator user view exists
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Check user_settings.php functionalityLocate the user_settings.php file and verify it contains form fields for Firstname, lastname, email, or image_url that submit to admin/update_user.phpAffected if The user profile settings form submits to admin/update_user.php, enabling the vulnerable data flow
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Confirm administrator access to user listVerify that admin/users.php is accessible to authenticated administrators and displays user profile dataAffected if Administrators can view user records through admin/users.php, which would trigger the XSS payload
A system is affected if it runs Svxportal version 2.5 or lower and has the admin/users.php interface accessible to administrators, allowing stored XSS execution via user profile fields.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement input validation and sanitization on user profile fields during submission, and apply contextual output encoding when rendering user data in the administrator interface to neutralize script injection.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-27506 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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