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CVE-2026-73321: XenForo < 2.3.13 Uncontrolled Recursion DoS via BBCode Parser

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-09-08 · updated 2026-09-11
• Weakness: CWE-674

Description

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.

Affected products

• XenForo: before 2.3.13 — fixed in 2.3.13

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: XenForo 2.3.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bombobombone.github.io/posts/cve-2026-73321/
• https://github.com/BomboBombone/CVE-2026-73321
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xenforo-uncontrolled-recursion-dos-via-bbcode-parser
• https://xenforo.com/community/threads/security-fixes-released-for-all-xenforo-and-media-gallery-versions-2-2-0-2-3-12.239856/
• https://xenforo.com/community/threads/xenforo-2-3-13-and-add-ons-released-includes-security-fixes.239857/

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