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CVE-2011-5131
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in global.php in MyBB before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of…
Medium6.8EPSS 1.0%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in global.php in MyBB before 1.6.5 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of a user for requests that change the user's language via the language parameter.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 36% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (6)
- http://dev.mybb.com/issues/1729 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 77327 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 46951 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- mybb-language-setting-csrf(71462) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://blog.mybb.com/2011/11/25/mybb-1-6-5-released-feature-update-security-maintenance-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 50816 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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