CVE-2018-15596 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in MyBB 1.8.17, specifically within the forum RSS Syndication page (inc/class_feedgeneration.php). It allows an attacker to inject malicious scripts into thread titles, which are then unsanitized and rendered in the generated XML documents. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, potentially leading to information disclosure and integrity compromise. While not actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.8.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mybb:mybb:1.8.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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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 records are not available for this CVE.