CVE-2010-5096
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.6.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 5.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.6.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the keywords parameter in a (1) do_search action to search.php or (2) do_stuff action to private.php. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, saying "Although this doesn't lead to an SQL injection, it does provide a general MyBB SQL error.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- MyBB 1.6 - 'search.php?keywords' SQL Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 35140webapps, phppublished 23 Dec 2010Verified
- MyBB 1.6 - 'private.php?keywords' SQL Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 35141webapps, phppublished 23 Dec 2010Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.6% · top 7.0% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 70014 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://dev.mybb.com/issues/1330 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120508 Re: CVE-request: MyBB before 1.6.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 70013 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 45565 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120325 Re: CVE-request: MyBB 1.6 <= SQL Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120508 CVE-request: MyBB before 1.6.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120323 CVE-request: MyBB 1.6 <= SQL Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-5060 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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