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Public proof of conceptFix available

CVE-2023-41362

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-08-29
  • Fixed in1.8.36
  • WeaknessCWE-94

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

MyBB before 1.8.36 allows Code Injection by users with certain high privileges. Templates in Admin CP intentionally use eval, and there was some validation of the input to eval, but type juggling interfered with this when using PCRE within PHP.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-08-2916:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-41362?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-41362?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Mybb
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.8< 1.8.361.8.36

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. Update Mybb to 1.8.36

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedSorceryIE/CVE-2023-41362_MyBB_ACP_RCE
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-08-29
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-41362?

MyBB before 1.8.36 allows Code Injection by users with certain high privileges. Templates in Admin CP intentionally use eval, and there was some validation of the input to eval, but type juggling interfered with this when using PCRE within PHP.

Is CVE-2023-41362 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-41362, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-41362?

CVE-2023-41362 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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