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MyBB < 1.8.24 XSS Vulnerability

🗓️ 11 Aug 2020 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AGType 
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MyBB < 1.8.24 XSS Vulnerability. Cross-site scripting flaw allows injection of arbitrary HTML and JavaScript. Update to version 1.8.24 or late

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cnvd
CNVD
MyBB Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (CNVD-2020-46844)
11 Aug 202000:00
cnvd
cve
CVE
CVE-2020-15139
10 Aug 202021:35
cve
cvelist
Cvelist
CVE-2020-15139 XSS in MyBB
10 Aug 202021:35
cvelist
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2020-7229
7 Oct 202500:30
euvd
nvd
NVD
CVE-2020-15139
10 Aug 202022:15
nvd
prion
Prion
Cross site scripting
10 Aug 202022:15
prion
prion
Prion
Design/Logic Flaw
9 Aug 202018:15
prion
ptsecurity
Positive Technologies
PT-2020-14219 · Mybb · Mybb
10 Aug 202000:00
ptsecurity
redhatcve
RedhatCVE
CVE-2020-15139
5 Feb 202514:58
redhatcve
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.113739");
  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:"2020-08-11 06:47:23 +0000 (Tue, 11 Aug 2020)");
  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:3.1/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:"2020-08-13 15:58:00 +0000 (Thu, 13 Aug 2020)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-15139");

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

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

  script_name("MyBB < 1.8.24 XSS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 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 vulnerability exists because the visual editor mishandles
  'align', 'size', 'quote' and 'font' in MyCode.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to inject
  arbitrary HTML and JavaScript into the site.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"MyBB through version 1.8.23.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.8.24 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://blog.mybb.com/2020/08/09/mybb-1-8-24-released-security-release/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/mybb/mybb/security/advisories/GHSA-37h7-vfv6-f8rj");

  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: "1.8.24")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.8.24", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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30 Apr 2025 00:00Current
7.1High risk
Vulners AI Score7.1
CVSS 24.3
CVSS 3.16.1 - 8.8
EPSS0.01317
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