CVE-2006-1912 EXPLOIT
5.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.6% (pctl 75)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
MyBB (MyBulletinBoard) 1.1.0 does not set the constant KILL_GLOBAL variable in (1) global.php and (2) inc/init.php, which allows remote attackers to initialize arbitrary variables that are processed by an @extract command, which could then be leveraged to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) or SQL injection attacks.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 1.6% — more likely to be exploited than 75% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-04-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mybulletinboard | mybulletinboard |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | MyBB 1.1 - Global Variable Overwrite | 2006-04-17 |
References
- http://community.mybboard.net/showthread.php?tid=8232
- http://myimei.com/security/2006-04-14/mybb110globalphpparameterextracting.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19668
- http://www.osvdb.org/24710
- http://www.osvdb.org/24711
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431061/30/5580/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1381
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25865
- http://community.mybboard.net/showthread.php?tid=8232
- http://myimei.com/security/2006-04-14/mybb110globalphpparameterextracting.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19668
- http://www.osvdb.org/24710
- http://www.osvdb.org/24711
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431061/30/5580/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1381
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25865
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