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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2022-24734 in the critical feed json

Remote code execution in mybb

published 2022-03-09 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also BIT-mybb-2022-24734 , EUVD-2022-29581 , GHSA-876v-gwgh-w57f

cvss
7.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
77.8%
EPSS 77.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

MyBB is a free and open source forum software. In affected versions the Admin CP's Settings management module does not validate setting types correctly on insertion and update, making it possible to add settings of supported type `php` with PHP code, executed on on _Change Settings_ pages. This results in a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability. The vulnerable module requires Admin CP access with the `Can manage settings?` permission. MyBB's Settings module, which allows administrators to add, edit, and delete non-default settings, stores setting data in an options code string ($options_code; mybb_settings.optionscode database column) that identifies the setting type and its options, separated by a new line character (\n). In MyBB 1.2.0, support for setting type php was added, for which the remaining part of the options code is PHP code executed on Change Settings pages (reserved for plugins and internal use). MyBB 1.8.30 resolves this issue. There are no known workarounds.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami mybb 1.8.30
  • mybb mybb 1.8.30

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/mybb_rce_cve_2022_24734)
  2. Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

77.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
OSV 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami mybb
>=1.2.0, <1.8.30
1.8.30

Affected products

  • mybb mybb

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.