CVE-2018-1000502

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-06-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-829

Description

MyBB Group MyBB contains a File Inclusion vulnerability in Admin panel (Tools and Maintenance -> Task Manager -> Add New Task) that can result in Allows Local File Inclusion on modern PHP versions and Remote File Inclusion on ancient PHP versions. This attack appear to be exploitable via Must have access to admin panel. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.8.15.

Affected products

mybb: before 1.8.15 — fixed in 1.8.15

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: mybb 1.8.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.batterystapl.es/2018/03/local-file-inclusion-and-reading.html
https://blog.mybb.com/2018/03/15/mybb-1-8-15-released-security-maintenance-release/
http://www.batterystapl.es/2018/03/local-file-inclusion-and-reading.html
https://blog.mybb.com/2018/03/15/mybb-1-8-15-released-security-maintenance-release/

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