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CVE-2008-4930 Details

Description

MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.4.2 does not properly handle an uploaded file with a nonstandard file type that contains HTML sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause that file to be processed as HTML by Internet Explorer's content inspection, aka "Incomplete protection against MIME-sniffing." NOTE: this could be leveraged for XSS and other attacks.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-10/0203.html CVE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-10/0472.html CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/01/2 CVE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-10/0203.html [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-10/0472.html [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mybb mybb
1.4.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mybb:mybb:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4930
NVD Published Date:
Nov 4, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2008-4930 Details - Not Deferred