A vulnerability has been found in MyBB up to 1.8.4 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function edit of the file xmlhttp.php of the component Quick Edit Handler. The manipulation of the argument content with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the quick edit function in xmlhttp.php in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.8.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the content of a post.

The weakness was disclosed 09/03/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at blog.mybb.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-4552 since 06/14/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

By approaching the search of inurl:xmlhttp.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.8.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• MyBB

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• 1.8.0
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• 1.8.2
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