CVE-2016-20098

Moderator Toolbox before 4.0.14 Stored XSS via Removal Reasons Configuration

Published Oct 9, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Toolbox-team
Toolbox-team reddit-moderator-toolbox
Vendors & Products Toolbox-team
Toolbox-team reddit-moderator-toolbox
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Moderator Toolbox before 4.0.14 Stored XSS via Removal Reasons Configuration
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, '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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 9, 2026, 7:37 PM
Reserved
Oct 9, 2026, 3:15 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 9, 2026, 5:16 PM
Modified
Oct 9, 2026, 8:17 PM