CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4928
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-11-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
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.
Affected configurations
• mybb mybb 1.4.2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-10/0203.html archives.neohapsis.com
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-10/0212.html Exploit
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-10/0472.html Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/01/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31935 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2967 www.vupen.com
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-10/0203.html archives.neohapsis.com
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-10/0212.html Exploit
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-10/0472.html Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/01/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31935 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2967 www.vupen.com