Cross-site request forgery in MyBB - CVE-2011-5131
Published: August 31, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43650
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-5131
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: MyBB Group
Affected software:
MyBB
MyBB
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-5131
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.