CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-15596

An issue was discovered in inc/class_feedgeneration.php in MyBB 1.8.17. On the forum RSS Syndication page, one can generate a URL such as http://localhost/syndication.php?fid=&type=atom1.0&limit=15. The thread titles (within title elements of the generated XML documents) aren't sanitized, leading to XSS.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

6.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://blog.mybb.com/2018/08/22/mybb-1-8-18-released-security-maintenance-release/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45393/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:mybb:mybb:1.8.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-08-28 07:29

Updated : 2018-11-08 01:19

NVD link : CVE-2018-15596

Mitre link : CVE-2018-15596

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-79