CVE-2008-4930
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CVE-2008-4930 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mybb | Mybb | 1.4.2 |
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