CVE-2008-4930

Published Nov 4, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.4.2 does not properly handle an uploaded file with a nonstandard file type that contains HTML sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause that file to be processed as HTML by Internet Explorer's content inspection, aka "Incomplete protection against MIME-sniffing." NOTE: this could be leveraged for XSS and other attacks.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4909 MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.4.2 does not properly handle an uploaded file with a nonstandard file type that contains HTML sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause that file to be processed as HTML by Internet Explorer's content inspection, aka "Incomplete protection against MIME-sniffing." NOTE: this could be leveraged for XSS and other attacks.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 11:10 PM
Reserved
Nov 4, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 4, 2008, 9:00 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:58 PM