CVE-2023-41362

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Published Aug 29, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.2 High EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

MyBB before 1.8.36 allows Code Injection by users with certain high privileges. Templates in Admin CP intentionally use eval, and there was some validation of the input to eval, but type juggling interfered with this when using PCRE within PHP.

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

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.1% (2.051% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.sorcery.ie/posts/mybb_acp_rce/
https://github.com/mybb/mybb/commit/a43a6f22944e769a6eabc58c39e7bc18c1cab4ca.patch
https://github.com/mybb/mybb/security/advisories/GHSA-pr74-wvp3-q6f5
https://mybb.com/versions/1.8.36/

History

Oct 1, 2024 9:30 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mybb Mybb

Weaknesses

CWE-94

Sources

CVE record Updated: Oct 1, 2024, 8:41 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 29, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Oct 1, 2024, 8:41 PM
Reserved: Aug 29, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:01 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:01 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:21 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 29, 2023, 4:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:21 AM

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