CVE-2012-5908 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/modules/user/users.php in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the conditions[usergroup][] parameter in a search action to admin/index.php

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/modules/user/users.php in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the conditions[usergroup][] parameter in a search action to admin/index.php

Published Nov 17, 2012

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.64%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/modules/user/users.php in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the conditions[usergroup][] parameter in a search action to admin/index.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.64% 0.01639

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

EPSS probability 0.01639

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.64% (0.01639)	75.48th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.64% (0.01639)	73.19th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 6, 2026	5.08% (0.05082)	89.62th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	3.02% (0.03025)	85.72th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.20% (0.00200)	58.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 24, 2024	0.19% (0.00194)	57.38th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.19% (0.00194)	55.37th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.92% (0.01917)	78.00th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 1, 2023	1.92% (0.01917)	77.44th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 31, 2022	1.96% (0.01962)	77.94th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.95% (0.01953)	76.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.95% (0.01953)	55.38th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (4)

http://osvdb.org/80633
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111238/MyBB-1.6.6-Cross-Site-Scripting-SQL-Injection.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52743
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74397
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/80633		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111238/MyBB-1.6.6-Cross-Site-Scripting-SQL-Injection.html		x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52743		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74397		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 17, 2012

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Nov 17, 2012

Link CVE-2012-5908

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-5908

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2012-5908