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CVE-2016-9419

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.1)—

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Admin control panel in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.8.8 and MyBB Merge System before 1.8.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Mybb — Mybb

CWEs

References

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