MybbApplication

CVE-2007-0622

MEDIUM · 5.0 CVSS v2.0 Published 2007-01-31
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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59/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to send messages to arbitrary users. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in MyBB 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to send messages to arbitrary users by tricking authenticated forum users into visiting malicious pages that trigger unintended message submissions through the vulnerable message posting functionality.

MitigationImplement anti-CSRF tokens (synchronizer token pattern) in all state-changing forms including the private message and post submission forms, and validate these tokens server-side before processing message requests.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
MybbApplication
Affected:= 1.2.2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify installed MyBB version
    Access the admin control panel and navigate to the version information page, or check the version file in the MyBB installation directory (typically includes/version.php)
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.2.2
  2. Check for CSRF token in private message form
    Inspect the HTML source of the private message composition form (usercp.php?action=pm&do=send) and look for a hidden input field containing a token or security hash
    Affected if No token field is present in the private message form, or the token is not validated server-side before processing the message
  3. Verify CSRF token validation in message handler
    Examine the server-side code that processes private message submissions to confirm the token is validated before the message is sent
    Affected if The message submission handler does not validate a CSRF token before processing the request
  4. Check post submission form for CSRF protection
    Inspect the HTML source of the new reply or new thread form (newreply.php, newthread.php) for a hidden token field
    Affected if The post submission forms lack CSRF token fields and the corresponding server-side handler does not validate tokens

A user is affected if they are running MyBB version 1.2.2 and the private message and post submission forms lack proper CSRF token protection with server-side validation.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement anti-CSRF tokens (synchronizer token pattern) in all state-changing forms including the private message and post submission forms, and validate these tokens server-side before processing message requests.

Fix this in Mybb Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
18.0 hours of engineering $3,100
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