VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-7082
CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.60%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-08-25
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.4.3 includes the sensitive my_post_key parameter in URLs to moderation.php with the (1) mergeposts, (2) split, and (3) deleteposts actions, which allows remote attackers to steal the token and bypass the cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection mechanism to hijack the authentication of moderators by reading the token from the HTTP Referer header.
Weakness classification
- CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)