CVE-2026-45117
MyBB is free and open source forum software. From 1.8.13 until 1.8.40, the installer module does not properly escape user-supplied database configuration values written to the configuration file, resulting in PHP code injection and remote code execution when the installer is available. install/index.php processes the values with addcslashes(), but the $characters argument added in MyBB 1.8.13 does not include the backslash character, allowing crafted input to escape the generated PHP string. The uniquely identifying implementation details include introduced in MyBB 1.8.13. This issue is fixed in version 1.8.40.
Published:Aug 18, 2026
Last Modified:Aug 18, 2026
EPS:Aug 18, 2026
EPSS Score:
CVSS Score:9.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Mybb
Product
Mybb
Mybb
Mybb
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
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Changed
Confidentiality
None
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Integrity
None
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High
Availability
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High
