CVE-2017-16780 is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting MyBB versions prior to 1.8.13, where an attacker can write to the configuration file during installation. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no user interaction or authentication, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-43136), though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this specific CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.8.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mybb:mybb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.