CVE-2010-4628 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in MyBB by triggering resource-intensive database scans via member.php requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-4628?
CVE-2010-4628 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mybb Mybb, published on 30 Dec 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
member.php in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.4.12 makes a certain superfluous call to the SQL COUNT function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by making requests to member.php that trigger scans of the entire users table.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4628?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mybb Mybb.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4628?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4628 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-4628 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4628 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mybb Mybb
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c6wm-439x-m8c5.