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CVE-2016-9408

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9408 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Mod control panel of MyBB (MyBulletinBoard) versions prior to 1.8.7 and MyBB Merge System prior to 1.8.7. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, specifically through vectors related to editing user information. With a CVSS v3 score of 6.1 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.8.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mybb:merge_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.8.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mybb:mybb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0127 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blog.mybb.com / 2016/03/11/mybb-1-8-7-merge-system-1-8-7-release
PatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/11/10/8
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/11/18/1
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94395
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry