Security advisory

{
  "id": "75286c1e26c654788dc763458a9aaa0177ae841d0dc12fd6fd125257054ff3e1",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-20098",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-20098",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-20098",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-20098",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-20098"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/toolbox-team/reddit-moderator-toolbox",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "5197fc0328eb73a3313882c4fbe713deee201dd0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "26f45ba21d84cecb92b1a820896ad3bf5254376e"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "4.0.14"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "26f45ba21d84cecb92b1a820896ad3bf5254376e"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v3.7",
            "v3.6.5",
            "v3.6.4",
            "v3.6.3",
            "v3.6.2",
            "v3.6.1",
            "v3.6",
            "v3.5",
            "v3.4",
            "v3.4RC1",
            "v3.3",
            "v3.3BETA2",
            "v3.3BETA",
            "v3.2",
            "V3.1",
            "v3.0.1",
            "v3.0",
            "3.0BETA4",
            "3.0BETA3",
            "3.0BETA2",
            "2.3",
            "v2.2",
            "v2.2BETA-2",
            "v2.2BETA",
            "v2.1.1",
            "v2.1",
            "v2.1-beta1",
            "v2.0",
            "1.4.5",
            "1.4.4",
            "v1.3.1",
            "v1.0",
            "v0.25",
            "v0.20",
            "v0.13",
            "v0.12"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-20098.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:36.501260844Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/moderator-toolbox-before-4.0.14-stored-xss-via-removal-reasons-configuration",
        "https://github.com/toolbox-team/reddit-moderator-toolbox/commit/26f45ba21d84cecb92b1a820896ad3bf5254376e",
        "https://github.com/toolbox-team/reddit-moderator-toolbox"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-20098",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379574,
  "published_at": "2026-10-09T17:16:38.583+00:00"
}