CVE-2008-7082

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-08-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.4.3 includes the sensitive my_post_key parameter in URLs to moderation.php with the (1) mergeposts, (2) split, and (3) deleteposts actions, which allows remote attackers to steal the token and bypass the cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection mechanism to hijack the authentication of moderators by reading the token from the HTTP Referer header.

Affected products

mybb: 1.4.3

References

http://osvdb.org/50275
http://secunia.com/advisories/32880
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498630/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32467
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46885
http://osvdb.org/50275
http://secunia.com/advisories/32880
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498630/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32467
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46885

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