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

CVE-2020-19049

Medium
5.4/10

Summary

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in MyBB v1.8.20 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Description" field found in the "Add New Forum" page by doing an authenticated POST HTTP request to '/Upload/admin/index.php?module=forum-management&action=add'.

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  • NETWORK
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  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
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  • NONE

CWE-79 - Cross Site Scripting

Cross-Site Scripting, commonly referred to as XSS, is the most dominant class of vulnerabilities. It allows an attacker to inject malicious code into a pregnable web application and victimize its users. The exploitation of such a weakness can cause severe issues such as account takeover, and sensitive data exfiltration. Because of the prevalence of XSS vulnerabilities and their high rate of exploitation, it has remained in the OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities for years.

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