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MyBB < 1.8.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities

🗓️ 13 Nov 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType 
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MyBB Multiple Vulnerabilities impacting myBB 1.8.12 and earlier versions, allowing for RCE, XSS attacks, and HTML filter bypass. Update to myBB 1.8.13

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:mybb:mybb";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.107255");
  script_version("2025-04-30T05:39:51+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-04-30 05:39:51 +0000 (Wed, 30 Apr 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-11-13 09:06:56 +0700 (Mon, 13 Nov 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-11-27 16:04:00 +0000 (Mon, 27 Nov 2017)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-16781");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("MyBB < 1.8.13 Multiple Vulnerabilities");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("sw_mybb_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mybb/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"MyBB is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following flaws exist:


  - Installer RCE on configuration file write

  - Language file headers RCE.

  - Installer XSS.

  - Mod CP Edit Profile XSS.

  - Insufficient moderator permission check in delayed moderation tools.

  - Announcements HTML filter bypass

  - Language Pack Properties XSS.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"The remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code,
  conduct xss attacks or bypass HTML filters.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"MyBB version 1.8.12 and prior.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.8.13 and prior.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://blog.mybb.com/2017/11/07/mybb-1-8-13-released-security-maintenance-release/");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "1.8.13")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.8.13", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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30 Apr 2025 00:00Current
5.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.6
CVSS 23.5
CVSS 35.4
EPSS0.01581
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