CVE-2008-4928

Mybb - XSS

Title source: rule

Description

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.

References (6)

[Third Party Advisory] http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-10/0203.html

[Exploit] http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-10/0212.html

[Exploit] http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-10/0472.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31935

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/01/2

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2967

Scores

EPSS 0.0063

EPSS Percentile 70.0%

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Affected Products (2)

mybb/mybb

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Nov 04, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026