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TI-2026-32950 Aliases CVE-2026-45117

MyBB: Installer database configuration RCE

Priority MEDIUM 51CWE-94Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

MyBB is free and open source forum software. From 1.8.13 until 1.8.40, the installer module does not properly escape user-supplied database configuration values written to the configuration file, resulting in PHP code injection and remote code execution when the installer is available. install/index.php processes the values with addcslashes(), but the $characters argument added in MyBB 1.8.13 does not include the backslash character, allowing crafted input to escape the generated PHP string. The uniquely identifying implementation details include introduced in MyBB 1.8.13. This issue is fixed in version 1.8.40.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01149 67th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed mybb (mybb): 1.8.40

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
mybbmybbbefore 1.8.401.8.40Patch availableCNA
  • mybb Vendormybb Affected before 1.8.40 Fixed in 1.8.40 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mybb:mybb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——mybb
  • cpe:2.3:a:mybb:mybb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·mybb

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA mybb (mybb) Fixed in 1.8.40

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45117

References

Other 4

  • TI-2011-04621 myBB 1.6.4 Backdoor Arbitrary Command Execution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2022-08548 Remote code execution in mybb CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2021-22547 MyBB Timeline Plugin 1.0 Cross-Site Scripting and CSRF CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2023-21959 MyBB before 1.8.36 allows Code Injection by users with certain high privileges. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2022-18641 Mail settings' command parameter injection in mybb CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2025-21092 An issue in MyBB 1.8.38 allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information via the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
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Sources

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