CVE-2026-73038: NodeBB < 4.15.0 Stored XSS via ActivityPub emoji tag.icon.url and tag.name
Published Aug 13, 2026
·Updated
NodeBB before 4.15.0 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the renderEmoji function that fails to escape tag.icon.url and tag.name attributes. Attackers can deliver malicious ActivityPub Create/Note objects with crafted emoji tags to inject arbitrary HTML and JavaScript into stored post content, executing code in all viewers' browsers.
Affected Software
1 affected component
nodebb Nodebb<4.15.0
Event History
Aug 13, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·06:41 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·06:41 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness