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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

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No CVSS v2

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
toolbox-team reddit-moderator-toolbox unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 4.0.14
4.0.14 unaffected —

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/toolbox-team/reddit-moderator-toolbox cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/toolbox-team/reddit-moderator-toolbox/commit/26f45ba21d84cecb92b1a820896ad3bf5254376e cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moderator-toolbox-before-4.0.14-stored-xss-via-removal-reasons-configuration cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-09T16:04:40.081Z

Reserved: 2026-10-09T15:15:03.173Z

Link: CVE-2016-20098

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-09T17:16:38.583

Modified: 2026-10-09T17:41:15.270

Link: CVE-2016-20098

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Updated: 2026-10-09T17:30:08Z

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