CVE-2008-2066

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in bb_admin.php in miniBB 2.2a allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the whatus parameter in a searchusers2 action. NOTE: it was later reported that other versions before 3.0.1 are also vulnerable.

Affected products

Minibb: 2.2a

References

http://osvdb.org/95122
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jul/102
http://secunia.com/advisories/30004
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3846
http://www.minibb.com/download.php?file=minibb_update
http://www.minibb.com/forums/news-9/minibb-3.0.1-released-stable-fixed-secured-dedicated-6059.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491375/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28957
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61116
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42076
https://www.mavitunasecurity.com/xss-and-sql-injection-vulnerabilities-in-minibb/
http://osvdb.org/95122

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