CVE-2008-0788

Public Exploit

Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in MyBB 1.2.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to (1) hijack the authentication of moderators or administrators for requests that delete threads via a do_multideletethreads action to moderation.php and (2) hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that delete private messages (PM) via a delete action to private.php.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.17%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://community.mybboard.net/showthread.php?tid=27675 patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/28572/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486663 mailing list exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0238 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3656 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-0788?
CVE-2008-0788 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-0788?
To fix CVE-2008-0788, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-0788 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-0788 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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