CVE-2011-5132

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-08-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MyBB before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to "usernames via AJAX."

Affected products

mybb: through 1.6.4; 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5 (+43)

References

http://blog.mybb.com/2011/11/25/mybb-1-6-5-released-feature-update-security-maintenance-release/
http://secunia.com/advisories/46951
http://www.osvdb.org/77326
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50816
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71461
http://blog.mybb.com/2011/11/25/mybb-1-6-5-released-feature-update-security-maintenance-release/
http://secunia.com/advisories/46951
http://www.osvdb.org/77326
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50816
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71461

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