gsd-2008-4930
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:22
Details
MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.4.2 does not properly handle an uploaded file with a nonstandard file type that contains HTML sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause that file to be processed as HTML by Internet Explorer's content inspection, aka "Incomplete protection against MIME-sniffing." NOTE: this could be leveraged for XSS and other attacks.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2008-4930


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{
   GSD: {
      alias: "CVE-2008-4930",
      description: "MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.4.2 does not properly handle an uploaded file with a nonstandard file type that contains HTML sequences, which allows remote attackers to cause that file to be processed as HTML by Internet Explorer's content inspection, aka \"Incomplete protection against MIME-sniffing.\" NOTE: this could be leveraged for XSS and other attacks.",
      id: "GSD-2008-4930",
   },
   gsd: {
      metadata: {
         exploitCode: "unknown",
         remediation: "unknown",
         reportConfidence: "confirmed",
         type: "vulnerability",
      },
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         id: "GSD-2008-4930",
         modified: "2023-12-13T01:22:59.586542Z",
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      },
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                  accessVector: "NETWORK",
                  authentication: "NONE",
                  availabilityImpact: "NONE",
                  baseScore: 5,
                  confidentialityImpact: "NONE",
                  integrityImpact: "PARTIAL",
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         },
         lastModifiedDate: "2008-11-05T05:00Z",
         publishedDate: "2008-11-04T21:00Z",
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   },
}


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