MyBB search.php File Cross-Site Scripting Execution Vulnerability

by arthack on 2008-07-30 13:28:36

Affected Systems:

MyBB 1.2.x

Unaffected Systems:

MyBB 1.2.14

Description:

BUGTRAQ ID: 30401

CVE ID: CVE-2008-3334

MyBB is a popular web-based forum application. The search.php file in MyBB does not properly validate certain parameters before returning them to the user, allowing remote attackers to perform script injection or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by submitting malicious requests to the forum.