CVE-2014-1840

MyBB 1.6.12 POST Cross Site Scripting

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en Upload/search.php en MyBB 1.6.12 y anteriores permite a atacantes remotos inyectar script Web o HTML arbitrarios a través del parámetro keywords en una acción do_search, que no es manejado debidamente en un mensaje de error forzado de SQL.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-02-02 CVE Reserved
2014-02-03 CVE Published
2014-02-03 First Exploit
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/125038	2014-02-03
http://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/mybb-1-6-12-post-xss-0day	2024-08-06
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125038/MyBB-1.6.12-POST-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mybb Search vendor "Mybb"		Mybb Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb"				<= 1.6.12 Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb" and version " <= 1.6.12"		-		Affected
Mybb Search vendor "Mybb"		Mybb Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb"				1.6.0 Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb" and version "1.6.0"		-		Affected
Mybb Search vendor "Mybb"		Mybb Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb"				1.6.1 Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb" and version "1.6.1"		-		Affected
Mybb Search vendor "Mybb"		Mybb Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb"				1.6.2 Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb" and version "1.6.2"		-		Affected
Mybb Search vendor "Mybb"		Mybb Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb"				1.6.3 Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb" and version "1.6.3"		-		Affected
Mybb Search vendor "Mybb"		Mybb Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb"				1.6.4 Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb" and version "1.6.4"		-		Affected
Mybb Search vendor "Mybb"		Mybb Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb"				1.6.5 Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb" and version "1.6.5"		-		Affected
Mybb Search vendor "Mybb"		Mybb Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb"				1.6.6 Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb" and version "1.6.6"		-		Affected
Mybb Search vendor "Mybb"		Mybb Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb"				1.6.7 Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb" and version "1.6.7"		-		Affected
Mybb Search vendor "Mybb"		Mybb Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb"				1.6.8 Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb" and version "1.6.8"		-		Affected
Mybb Search vendor "Mybb"		Mybb Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb"				1.6.9 Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb" and version "1.6.9"		-		Affected
Mybb Search vendor "Mybb"		Mybb Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb"				1.6.10 Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb" and version "1.6.10"		-		Affected
Mybb Search vendor "Mybb"		Mybb Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb"				1.6.11 Search vendor "Mybb" for product "Mybb" and version "1.6.11"		-		Affected