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CVE-2020-22612

Installer RCE on settings file write in MyBB before 1.8.22.

9.8 CriticalFix available

Installer RCE on settings file write in MyBB before 1.8.22.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.73%Up 0.7 points since Sep 2, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Installer RCE on settings file write in MyBB before 1.8.22.

Record
CVE-2020-22612
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-94
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Installer RCE on settings file write in MyBB before 1.8.22.

Record
CVE-2020-22612
Weakness
CWE-94
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-15372 No score

Installer RCE on settings file write in MyBB before 1.8.22.

Record
EUVD-2020-15372
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pm38-4f58-28pj 9.8

Installer RCE on settings file write in MyBB before 1.8.22.

Installer RCE on settings file write in MyBB before 1.8.22.

Record
GHSA-pm38-4f58-28pj
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-94
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBIT-mybb-2020-22612 No score

Installer RCE on settings file write in MyBB before 1.8.22.

Record
BIT-mybb-2020-22612
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mybb
Bitnami
before 1.8.22
1.8.22

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-22612 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Mybb, published September 1, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.73%, the 54th percentile. Fixed in mybb 1.8.22.

References

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