Critical 9.8Published Aug 18, 2026

CVE-2026-45117MyBB: Installer database configuration RCE

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 07:10 UTC)

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MyBB is free and open source forum software. From 1.8.13 until 1.8.40, the installer module does not properly escape user-supplied database configuration values written to the configuration file, resulting in PHP code injection and remote code execution when the installer is available. install/index.php processes the values with addcslashes(), but the $characters argument added in MyBB 1.8.13 does not include the backslash character, allowing crafted input to escape the generated PHP string. The uniquely identifying implementation details include introduced in MyBB 1.8.13. This issue is fixed in version 1.8.40.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-94
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-gpc4-77rp-3xqrx-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/mybb/mybb/commit/0fe713e3b964bfc878ea65bdd9f746f585f6ebbfx-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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