CVE-2008-4928

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.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-10/0203.html
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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31935
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2967

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mybb:mybb:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2008-11-04 13:00

Updated : 2011-03-07 19:13

NVD link : CVE-2008-4928

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4928

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Products Affected

mybb

mybb

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