CVE-2018-15596

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / CVE-2018-15596

    CVE-2018-15596

    Published: 28 Aug 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in inc/class_feedgeneration.php in MyBB 1.8.17. On the forum RSS Syndication page, one can generate a URL such as http://localhost/syndication.php?fid=&type=atom1.0&limit=15. The thread titles (within title elements of the generated XML documents) aren't sanitized, leading to XSS.

    References: , https://blog.mybb.com/2018/08/22/mybb-1-8-18-released-security-maintenance-release/, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45393/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High