CVE-2021-41866 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

MyBB before 1.8.28 allows stored XSS because the displayed Template Name value in the Admin CP's theme management is not escaped properly.

Published: 2021-10-26

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mybb:mybb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-28866	MyBB before 1.8.28 allows stored XSS because the displayed Template Name value in the Admin CP's theme management is not escaped properly.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00477.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/mybb/mybb/security/advisories/
https://github.com/mybb/mybb/security/advisories/GHSA-gxhv-r3m5-6qv7

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mybb Mybb

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-10-26T21:25:47.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:22:25.530Z

Reserved: 2021-10-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-41866

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-26T22:15:08.207

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:09:02.003

Link: CVE-2021-41866

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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