CVE-2019-12831

In MyBB before 1.8.21, an attacker can abuse a default behavior of MySQL on many systems (that leads to truncation of strings that are too long for a database column) to create a PHP shell in the cache directory of a targeted forum via a crafted XML import, as demonstrated by truncation of aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.php.css to aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.php with a 30-character limit, aka theme import stylesheet name RCE.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mybb:mybb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2019-06-15 18:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:59


NVD link : CVE-2019-12831

Mitre link : CVE-2019-12831

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-12831


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Products Affected

mybb

  • mybb
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation