CVE-2014-1840

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-03-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Upload/search.php in MyBB 1.6.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the keywords parameter in a do_search action, which is not properly handled in a forced SQL error message.

Affected products

mybb: through 1.6.12; 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.5 (+6)

References

http://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/mybb-1-6-12-post-xss-0day/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125038/MyBB-1.6.12-POST-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/mybb-1-6-12-post-xss-0day/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125038/MyBB-1.6.12-POST-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

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