CVE-2016-9420 (GCVE-0-2016-9420)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-31 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:50
VLAI
Summary
MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.8.8 and MyBB Merge System before 1.8.8 allow remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to "loose comparison false positives."
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-10-17 00:00
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