# CVE-2008-3967: Missing authorization in n/a

> Attackers can bypass moderator privilege checks in MyBB moderation.php, potentially gaining unauthorized access to moderation functions.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Sep 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-78pm-hxfh-3jvg

## What is CVE-2008-3967?

CVE-2008-3967 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Mybb Mybb, published on 10 Sep 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

moderation.php in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.4.1 does not properly check for moderator privileges, which has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3967?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mybb Mybb.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-3967?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3967 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-3967 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3967 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mybb Mybb

- [CVE-2011-10018](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-10018/): myBB 1.6.4 Backdoor Arbitrary Command Execution (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-2786](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-2786/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-5133](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-5133/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-0218](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0218/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2020-22612](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-22612/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-3967 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-3967 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Mybb Mybb, published on 10 Sep 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3967 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mybb Mybb. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3967/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3967/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3967
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3967
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-3967

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3967/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.