#VU41037 Cross-site scripting in MyBB - CVE-2014-9241

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#VU41037 Cross-site scripting in MyBB - CVE-2014-9241

Published: December 3, 2014 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41037
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9241
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
MyBB
Software vendor:
MyBB Group

Description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.8.x before 1.8.2 when processing the (1) type parameter to report.php, (2) signature parameter in a do_editsig action to usercp.php, or (3) title parameter in the style-templates module in an edit_template action or (4) file parameter in the config-languages module in an edit action to admin/index.php. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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