CVE-2026-8493 | Colorbox Inline - Moderately critical - Cross-site scripting - SA-CONTRIB-2026-036

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ("Cross-site Scripting") vulnerability in Drupal Colorbox Inline allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This issue affects Colorbox Inline: from 0.0.0 before 2.1.1.

Published: 2026-05-19 Last update: 2026-05-27 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2026-8493 is rated Low Risk (24.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-8493

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-20 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-8493

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.3 2.7 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-8493

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-8493

GHSA-3mw4-ccpc-mvj9 · Severity: medium — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ("Cross-site Scripting")...

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-8493

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
colorbox_inline_project colorbox_inline < 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:colorbox_inline_project:colorbox_inline:*:*:*:*:*:drupal:*:*

References for CVE-2026-8493

URL Tags
https://www.drupal.org/sa-contrib-2026-036 Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence