CVE-2008-0788 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can hijack user sessions to delete threads or private messages in MyBB forums via CSRF attacks.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2008-0788?

CVE-2008-0788 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mybb Mybb, published on 15 Feb 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in MyBB 1.2.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to (1) hijack the authentication of moderators or administrators for requests that delete threads via a do_multideletethreads action to moderation.php and (2) hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that delete private messages (PM) via a delete action to private.php.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0788?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mybb Mybb.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0788?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0788 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-0788 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0788 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Mybb Mybb vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vc3j-83qc-fgg9.

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