CVE-2018-15596

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-15596
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-08-28T19:29:16
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-11-08T13:19:40
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mybb:mybb:1.8.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
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 VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15596
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-15596
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:53:43 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 11:33:05 2018-08-28T19:29Z 2018-08-28T19:29:16 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 11:33:05 2018-11-08T13:19:40 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 11:33:05 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated