CVE-2014-1840
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2014-1840 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-03-03 16:55:04 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Upload/search.php in MyBB 1.6.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the keywords parameter in a do_search action, which is not properly handled in a forced SQL error message. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS: 0.009930000 probability, percentile 0.583740000 (date 2026-07-08)
Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
PartialAvailability
NoneAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Mybb | Mybb | 1.6.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mybb | Mybb | 1.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mybb | Mybb | 1.6.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mybb | Mybb | 1.6.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mybb | Mybb | 1.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mybb | Mybb | 1.6.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mybb | Mybb | 1.6.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mybb | Mybb | 1.6.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mybb | Mybb | 1.6.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mybb | Mybb | 1.6.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mybb | Mybb | 1.6.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mybb | Mybb | 1.6.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mybb | Mybb | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| MyBB 1.6.12 POST Cross Site Scripting ≈ Packet Storm | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | packetstormsecurity.com | Exploit |
| MyBB 1.6.12 POST XSS 0day | ????Blog of Osanda | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | osandamalith.wordpress.com | Exploit |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.