CVE-2022-43708 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

MyBB 1.8.31 has a (issue 2 of 2) cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the post Attachments interface allow attackers to inject HTML by persuading the user to upload a file with specially crafted name

Published: 2022-11-21

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mybb:mybb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-46690	MyBB 1.8.31 has a (issue 2 of 2) cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the post Attachments interface allow attackers to inject HTML by persuading the user to upload a file with specially crafted name

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00234.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/mybb/mybb/security/advisories/GHSA-p9m7-9qv4-x93w
https://mybb.com

History

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mybb Mybb

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-21T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-29T14:15:07.099Z

Reserved: 2022-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-43708

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:40:06.325Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-22T00:15:12.007

Modified: 2025-04-29T15:15:50.237

Link: CVE-2022-43708

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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