CVE-2022-43708

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Published Nov 21, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.407% probability within 30 days)

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

Apr 29, 2025 3:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

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

Subscriptions

Mybb Mybb

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 29, 2025, 2:15 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 21, 2022, 12:00 AM
Updated: Apr 29, 2025, 2:15 PM
Reserved: Oct 24, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 1:40 PM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 1:40 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:07 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 22, 2022, 12:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:07 AM

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