Vulnerability CVE-2014-1840
Published: 2014-03-03

Description:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Upload/search.php in MyBB 1.6.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the keywords parameter in a do_search action, which is not properly handled in a forced SQL error message.

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Topic
Author
Date
Low
MyBB 1.6.12 POST Cross Site Scripting
Osanda Malith Ja...
04.02.2014

Type:

CWE-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
MYBB -> MYBB 

 References:
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125038/MyBB-1.6.12-POST-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/mybb-1-6-12-post-xss-0day/
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