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CVE-2008-4928

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the redirect function in functions.php in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.4.2 allows remote attack…

Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.4%
percentile 73%
Public exploits
0
none known

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the redirect function in functions.php in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the url parameter in a removesubscriptions action to moderation.php, related to use of the ajax option to request a JavaScript redirect. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute PHP code and bypass cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.41% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/31935 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2008-10/0212.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2008-10/0203.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/2967 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/fulldisclosure/2008-10/0472.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2008/11/01/2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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