# CVE-2026-38472: GazellePW stored XSS in forum reward comments

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-38472-gazellepw-stored-xss-in-forum-reward-comments  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-08-25. Updated: 2026-09-25  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-38472 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.1 · Published 2026-08-25

GazellePW is a forum platform that allows users to award bonus points and comments on forum posts. An attacker can inject malicious JavaScript into reward comments, which gets stored in the database and later displayed to other users viewing the thread, potentially allowing account hijacking or credential theft from forum members.

Technologies: [Mosasauroidea GazellePW](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/gazellepw). Vendors: [Mosasauroidea](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/mosasauroidea).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-38472 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-38472 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-38472?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.1, published 25 August 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Mosasauroidea GazellePW up to commit 86c4bedf727691b5a97af42a4864869d18446449.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-38472?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-38472 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-38472?** Check whether you run Mosasauroidea GazellePW at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the forum reward comments feature. The vulnerable code in ajax_get_jf.php accepts user input via the 'c' parameter, applies only basic length validation (max 100 chars), and passes it to db_string() for database escaping but does not perform proper output encoding. When the comment is later rendered in thread.php via the data-tooltip attribute, the Tooltipster JavaScript library interprets it as HTML, executing any embedded JavaScript payload. Authentication is required (the endpoint validates an encrypted auth token), but any authenticated user can inject XSS that affects other users viewing the thread. The vulnerability was present as of commit 86c4bedf and requires browser-based exploitation via the tooltip rendering mechanism.

## Affected products

- Mosasauroidea GazellePW up to commit 86c4bedf727691b5a97af42a4864869d18446449

## Timeline

- 2026-08-25: disclosed

## References

- [https://github.com/Mosasauroidea/GazellePW/blob/86c4bedf727691b5a97af42a4864869d18446449/sections/forums/ajax_get_jf.php](https://github.com/Mosasauroidea/GazellePW/blob/86c4bedf727691b5a97af42a4864869d18446449/sections/forums/ajax_get_jf.php)
- [https://github.com/Mosasauroidea/GazellePW/blob/86c4bedf727691b5a97af42a4864869d18446449/sections/forums/thread.php](https://github.com/Mosasauroidea/GazellePW/blob/86c4bedf727691b5a97af42a4864869d18446449/sections/forums/thread.php)

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