CVE-2008-7082 — MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.4.3 includes the sensitive my_post_key parameter in URLs to moderation.php with the (1) mergeposts, (2) split, and (3) deleteposts actions, which allows remote attackers to steal the token and bypass the cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection mechanism to hijack the authentication of moderators by reading the token from the HTTP Referer header

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MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.4.3 includes the sensitive my_post_key parameter in URLs to moderation.php with the (1) mergeposts, (2) split, and (3) deleteposts actions, which allows remote attackers to steal the token and bypass the cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection mechanism to hijack the authentication of moderators by reading the token from the HTTP Referer header

Published Aug 25, 2009

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.60%

Description

MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.4.3 includes the sensitive my_post_key parameter in URLs to moderation.php with the (1) mergeposts, (2) split, and (3) deleteposts actions, which allows remote attackers to steal the token and bypass the cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection mechanism to hijack the authentication of moderators by reading the token from the HTTP Referer header.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.60% 0.00597

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00597

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.60% (0.00597)	46.61th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.60% (0.00597)	43.71th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.10% (0.00105)	26.22th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.21% (0.00214)	60.31th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 13, 2024	0.21% (0.00214)	59.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.21% (0.00214)	57.57th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-352

CSRF

References (5)

http://osvdb.org/50275
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/32880
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498630/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32467
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46885
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/50275		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/32880		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498630/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32467		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46885		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 25, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Aug 24, 2009

Link CVE-2008-7082

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-7082

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-7082