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MyBB <= 1.8.17 XSS Vulnerability

🗓️ 31 Aug 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType 
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myBB version 1.8.17 XSS Vulnerability fix availabl

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.113261");
  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:"2018-08-31 12:56:57 +0200 (Fri, 31 Aug 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-11-08 13:19:00 +0000 (Thu, 08 Nov 2018)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-15596");

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

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

  script_name("MyBB <= 1.8.17 XSS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 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 a cross-site scripting (XSS)
  vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The thread titles are not sanitized, resulting in XSS.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful authentication would allow an authenticated attacker
  to inject arbitrary code into the website.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"MyBB through version 1.8.17.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.8.18 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://blog.mybb.com/2018/08/22/mybb-1-8-18-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: "1.8.18")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.8.18", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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