CVE-2011-5131
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in global.php in MyBB before 1.6.5 allows remote...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2011-5131- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2011-5131- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-5031 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2011-5031- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5whq-qxj5-vrcg No score
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in global.php in MyBB before 1.6.5 allows remote...
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.
- Record
GHSA-5whq-qxj5-vrcg- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2011-5131 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Mybb, published August 30, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.05%, the 64th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
dev.mybb.com/issues/1729
osvdb.org/77327
secunia.com/advisories/46951
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71462
blog.mybb.com/2011/11/25/mybb-1-6-5-released-feature-update-security-maintenance-release
securityfocus.com/bid/50816
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5131
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5whq-qxj5-vrcg