CVE-2016-9420 is a critical vulnerability affecting MyBB versions prior to 1.8.8 and MyBB Merge System before 1.8.8, stemming from "loose comparison false positives." This flaw allows remote attackers to achieve high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a CVSS score of 9.8. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness despite a lack of media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mybb:merge_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.8.7CPE 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.