MyBB global.php and init.php data manipulation
| mybb-global-init-data-manipulation (25865) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
MyBB could allow a remote attacker to manipulate arbitrary script variables. A remote attacker could access the global.php and inc/init.php scripts and manipulate arbitrary script variables or execute arbitrary HTML and script code in the context of the hosted site.
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of MyBB (1.1.1 or later), available from the MyBB Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Apr 14 2006 - 23:57:56 CDT: [KAPDA]MyBB1.1.0~global.php~ParameterExtracting.
- MyBB Web site: MyBB Website.
- BID-17564: MyBB Global Variable Overwrite Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-1912: MyBB (MyBulletinBoard) 1.1.0 does not set the constant KILL_GLOBAL variable in (1) global.php and (2) inc/init.php, which allows remote attackers to initialize arbitrary variables that are processed by an @extract command, which could then be leveraged to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) or SQL injection attacks.
- OSVDB ID: 24710: MyBulletinBoard (MyBB) global.php Variable Overwrite
- OSVDB ID: 24711: MyBulletinBoard (MyBB) inc/init.php Variable Overwrite
- SA19668: MyBB Cross-Site Scripting and Variable Manipulation Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1381: MyBB Multiple Remote SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- MyBB MyBB 1.1
Reported:
Apr 14, 2006
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