CVE-2010-4629 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service by submitting join requests for moderated groups via guest access, affecting MyBB forum software.
- 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-2010-4629?
CVE-2010-4629 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
MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.4.12 does not properly restrict uid values for group join requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by using guest access to submit join request forms for moderated groups, related to usercp.php and managegroup.php.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4629?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mybb Mybb.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4629?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4629 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-2010-4629 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4629 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mybb Mybb
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r739-rgx6-8fvc.