National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4928
Original release date:11/04/2008
Last revised:05/13/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
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External Source: BID
Name: 31935
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20081101 CVE request (Fwd: MyBB 1.4.2: Multiple Vulnerabilties)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2967
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20081027 MyBB 1.4.2: Multiple Vulnerabilties
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20081027 Re: MyBB 1.4.2: Multiple Vulnerabilties
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20081027 MyBB 1.4.2: Multiple Vulnerabilties