CVE-2026-45125

medium

Description

MyBB is free and open source forum software. Prior to 1.8.40, the Email User controller does not sanitize sender names correctly, resulting in mail header injection. member.php?action=do_emailuser accepts the fromname HTTP parameter for guests or the stored username for authenticated users when the cansendemail group permission is enabled. When mail_handler is set to the default PHP mail value, the sender name is used without sanitization in Return-Path and Reply-To headers, allowing arbitrary headers to be injected with CRLF sequences. This issue is fixed in version 1.8.40.

References

https://mybb.com/versions/1.8.40

https://github.com/mybb/mybb/security/advisories/GHSA-f626-53q9-pqm9

https://github.com/mybb/mybb/releases/tag/mybb_1840

https://github.com/mybb/mybb/commit/5046c56b515d4593297a4f65b0c6ccb0b55baa01

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-61011

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-18

Updated: 2026-09-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00412