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CVE-2008-4928

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the redirect function in functions.php in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.4.2 a

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the redirect function in functions.php in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the url parameter in a removesubscriptions action to moderation.php, related to use of the ajax option to request a JavaScript redirect. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute PHP code and bypass cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00631
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

1
mybball versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
pocarchives.neohapsis.com · 0212.htmlarchives.neohapsis.com
pocarchives.neohapsis.com · 0472.htmlarchives.neohapsis.com
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD04 Nov 2008 · 09:00 PM
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-10/0203.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/01/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31935
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2967
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