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MyBB Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Vulnerability (CVE-2016-9408)

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Mod control panel in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.8.7 and MyBB Merge System before 1.8.7 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving editing users.

Remediation

References

CVE-2016-9408

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities CWE-707 CVE-2016-9408

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