Vulnerability CVE-2008-7082
Published: 2009-08-25   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.4.3 includes the sensitive my_post_key parameter in URLs to moderation.php with the (1) mergeposts, (2) split, and (3) deleteposts actions, which allows remote attackers to steal the token and bypass the cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection mechanism to hijack the authentication of moderators by reading the token from the HTTP Referer header.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
MyBB 1.4.3 my_post_key Disclosure Vulnerability
nbbn_at_gmx.net
26.11.2008

Type:

CWE-352

 (Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Mybboard -> MYBB 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498630/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32467
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46885
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