CVE-2006-3758

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-07-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

inc/init.php in Archive Mode (Light) in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.1.4 calls the extract function with EXTR_OVERWRITE on HTTP POST and GET variables, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary variables, as demonstrated via an SQL injection using the _SERVER[HTTP_CLIENT_IP] parameter in archive/index.php.

Affected products

Mybulletinboard: 1.1.4

References

http://community.mybboard.net/showthread.php?tid=10115
http://myimei.com/security/2006-06-24/mybb104archive-modelight-parameter-extractionvarable-overwriting.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20873
http://www.mybboard.com/archive.php?nid=15
http://www.osvdb.org/26809
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27445
http://community.mybboard.net/showthread.php?tid=10115
http://myimei.com/security/2006-06-24/mybb104archive-modelight-parameter-extractionvarable-overwriting.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20873
http://www.mybboard.com/archive.php?nid=15
http://www.osvdb.org/26809
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27445

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