{"id":"CVE-2016-20098","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-20098","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:49:33.114Z","title":"Moderator Toolbox (reddit-moderator-toolbox) before 4.0.14 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the removalreasons module, which inserts subreddit toolbox wiki fields into popup HTML without encoding.","description":"Moderator Toolbox (reddit-moderator-toolbox) before 4.0.14 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the removalreasons module, which inserts subreddit toolbox wiki fields into popup HTML without encoding. Attackers who can edit the toolbox wiki page can plant JavaScript in fields like pmsubject, header, or reason titles to act with moderators' Reddit sessions.","published":"2026-10-09T17:16:39.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-09T20:17:09.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00165,"percentile":0.05731,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-10","score":0.00165,"percentile":0.05311}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-09T17:16:39.000Z","detail":{"score":"5.1","severity":"MEDIUM","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T17:16:38.583Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 5.1)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/toolbox-team/reddit-moderator-toolbox","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/toolbox-team/reddit-moderator-toolbox/commit/26f45ba21d84cecb92b1a820896ad3bf5254376e","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moderator-toolbox-before-4.0.14-stored-xss-via-removal-reasons-configuration","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20098","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}