MyBB < 1.4.8 Multiple XSS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5089

Synopsis

The remote web server is running a PHP application that is affected by multiple attack vectors.

Description

The remote web server is running a version of MyBB earlier than 1.4.8. Such versions reportedly fail to properly sanitize user-supplied data to unspecified parameters in the 'Archive' and 'Attachment' features of the application. An attacker could exploit this flaw to launch cross-site scripting attacks.

Solution

Upgrade to MyBB 1.4.8 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 5089

Family: CGI

Published: 8/18/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Reference Information

BID: 35504

Detections

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