High 8.7Published Aug 18, 2026

CVE-2026-45116MyBB: Profile field type confusion XSS

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:20 UTC)

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MyBB is free and open source forum software. Prior to 1.8.40, the user datahandler does not properly validate checkbox and multiselect profile field types, resulting in stored JavaScript code injection. UserDataHandler::verify_profile_fields() only performs the specialized validation when is_array($profile_fields[$field]) is true. A non-array profile_fields[fidX] value instead of the expected profile_fields[fidX][] shape falls through to generic text handling and is stored without verification. The affected value is then rendered directly by member.php and inc/functions_post.php rather than processed by the MyCode parser. The uniquely identifying implementation details include inc/datahandlers/user.php. This issue is fixed in version 1.8.40.

CVSS: 8.7 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Aug 18, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

mybb mybb mybb:mybb (from the name)	before 1.8.40	CNA record

References

https://github.com/mybb/mybb/security/advisories/GHSA-4p6g-p3qh-559vx-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/mybb/mybb/commit/c32f0c22baab704a68b8d58fcdd2f26fadbbe19bx-refsource-misc
https://github.com/mybb/mybb/releases/tag/mybb_1840x-refsource-misc
https://mybb.com/versions/1.8.40x-refsource-misc

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