Description
Flarum is open-source forum software. When the flarum/nicknames extension is enabled, a registered user can set their nickname to a string that email clients interpret as a hyperlink. The nickname is inserted verbatim into plain-text notification emails, and recipients may be misled into visiting attacker-controlled domains.
Published: 2026-03-09
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Phishing via injected hyperlinks in email notifications
Action: Patch Extension
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3c4m-j3g4-hh25 flarum/nicknames extension has display name injection in notification emails (autolink & markdown)
History

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Flarum
Flarum nicknames
Vendors & Products Flarum
Flarum nicknames

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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Description Flarum is open-source forum software. When the flarum/nicknames extension is enabled, a registered user can set their nickname to a string that email clients interpret as a hyperlink. The nickname is inserted verbatim into plain-text notification emails, and recipients may be misled into visiting attacker-controlled domains.
Title flarum/nickname: Display name injection in notification emails (autolink & markdown)
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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Flarum Nicknames
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-10T14:17:30.046Z

Reserved: 2026-03-07T16:40:05.883Z

Link: CVE-2026-30913

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-10T14:17:20.336Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-03-10T17:40:15.210

Modified: 2026-04-29T20:49:53.037

Link: CVE-2026-30913

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-04-16T10:15:26Z

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