CVE-2026-73321 PUBLISHED

XenForo < 2.3.13 Uncontrolled Recursion DoS via BBCode Parser

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 11.08.2026 Published: 08.09.2026 Updated: 09.09.2026

XenForo before 2.3.13 contains an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in the BBCode parser that allows authenticated attackers to cause persistent denial of service by submitting a post with deeply nested BBCode tags. Attackers can craft a single malicious post with sufficient nesting depth to exceed PHP's stack limit, causing fatal errors that repeatedly terminate PHP-FPM workers for all visitors rendering the affected thread.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.1

Product Status

Vendor XenForo
Product XenForo
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.3.13 (excl.)

Credits

  • Marco Paciaroni (BomboBombone) finder
  • VulnCheck coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • Uncontrolled Recursion CWE