CVE-2012-5908

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: 2012-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/modules/user/users.php in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the conditions[usergroup][] parameter in a search action to admin/index.php.

Affected products

mybb: 1.6.6

References

http://osvdb.org/80633
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111238/MyBB-1.6.6-Cross-Site-Scripting-SQL-Injection.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52743
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74397
http://osvdb.org/80633
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111238/MyBB-1.6.6-Cross-Site-Scripting-SQL-Injection.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52743
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74397

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