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CVE-2011-5131

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in global.php in MyBB before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to hijack the

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in global.php in MyBB before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of a user for requests that change the user's language via the language parameter.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.00334
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
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Affected Products & Versions

2
mybb<= 1.6.4
mybball versions
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Scoring & Timeline

6.8
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:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD30 Aug 2012 · 10:55 PM
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://blog.mybb.com/2011/11/25/mybb-1-6-5-released-feature-update-security-maintenance-release/Vendor Advisory
http://dev.mybb.com/issues/1729
http://secunia.com/advisories/46951Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/77327
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50816
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71462
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