CVE-2010-5096

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-08-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.6.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the keywords parameter in a (1) do_search action to search.php or (2) do_stuff action to private.php. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, saying "Although this doesn't lead to an SQL injection, it does provide a general MyBB SQL error.

Affected products

mybb: through 1.6.0; 1.00, 1.0-beta4, 1.0-pr1, 1.0-pr2, 1.0-rc1, 1.0-rc2 (+51)

References

http://dev.mybb.com/issues/1330
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/23/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/25/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/7
http://www.osvdb.org/70013
http://www.osvdb.org/70014
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45565
http://dev.mybb.com/issues/1330
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/23/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/25/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/3

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