CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-8977

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Jan 31, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.6.18 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 and MyBB Merge System before 1.8.6 allow remote attackers to obtain the installation path via vectors involving error log files.

Weakness

The product writes sensitive information to a log file.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Merge_system Mybb * 1.8.5 (including)
Mybb Mybb * 1.6.17 (including)
Mybb Mybb 1.8.0 (including) 1.8.0 (including)
Mybb Mybb 1.8.1 (including) 1.8.1 (including)
Mybb Mybb 1.8.2 (including) 1.8.2 (including)
Mybb Mybb 1.8.3 (including) 1.8.3 (including)
Mybb Mybb 1.8.4 (including) 1.8.4 (including)
Mybb Mybb 1.8.5 (including) 1.8.5 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References