CVE-2016-9409
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Admin control panel in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard)...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Admin control panel in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.8.7 and MyBB Merge System before 1.8.7 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving pruning logs.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Admin control panel in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.8.7 and MyBB Merge System before 1.8.7 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving pruning logs.
- Record
CVE-2016-9409- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Admin control panel in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.8.7 and MyBB Merge System before 1.8.7 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving pruning logs.
- Record
CVE-2016-9409- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-10219 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Admin control panel in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.8.7 and MyBB Merge System before 1.8.7 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving pruning logs.
- Record
EUVD-2016-10219- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hp5j-8pgf-2v2c
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Admin control panel in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard)...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Admin control panel in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.8.7 and MyBB Merge System before 1.8.7 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving pruning logs.
- Record
GHSA-hp5j-8pgf-2v2c- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- 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-2016-9409 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Mybb Merge System, published January 31, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.27%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.