CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-3420

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in editpost.php in MyBulletinBoard (MyBB) before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as a logged in user. Attackers can delete arbitrary forum posts via a bbcode IMG tag with a modified delete parameter in a deletepost action.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can trick a logged-in user into unknowingly deleting forum posts, leading to data loss and integrity compromise. If admin accounts are targeted, the impact could be more severe, causing forum disruption.

Recommendation

Update MyBB to version 1.1.5 or later, which fixes this vulnerability. Additionally, consider implementing CSRF tokens for state-changing actions.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in editpost.php in MyBulletinBoard (MyBB) before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as a logged in user and delete arbitrary forum posts via a bbcode IMG tag with a modified delete parameter in a deletepost action. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS