Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in MyBB (CVE-2026-45129)
Summary
Vulnerability in MyBB (CVE-2026-45129). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
MyBB is free and open source forum software. Prior to 1.8.40, the Admin CP Recovery Codes module does not validate requests correctly, allowing same-site attackers to rotate a victim administrator's recovery codes with a specially crafted URL. The Admin CP Home, Preferences, Recovery Codes action=recovery_codes page regenerates Two-Factor Authentication recovery codes in mybb_adminoptions.recovery_codes on GET requests without request forgery protection. The uniquely identifying implementation details include admin/modules/home/preferences.php. This issue is fixed in version 1.8.40.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-45129 has been found in MyBB.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.6/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "MyBB CVE-2026-45129" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-45129 (MyBB) — CWE-352 / CVSS v3 4.6
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
CSRF (CWE-352) exists in MyBB.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of MyBB.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.6/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'MyBB' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'MyBB' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
MyBBを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。