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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.4

CVE-2024-52702 json

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component install\index.php of MyBB v1.8.38 allows attackers to execute arbitrary…

published 2024-11-20 23 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-46033

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component install\index.php of MyBB v1.8.38 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Website Name parameter. NOTE: this is disputed by the Supplier because Website Name can only be set by an administrator, who may use JavaScript if they wish.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
23 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/mybb/mybb/issues/4859 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • mybb mybb

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

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.