CVE-2026-45118

CRITICAL 9.3

MyBB: Contact page reflected XSS

CVSS Score

9.3

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

MyBB is free and open source forum software. Prior to 1.8.40, the Contact module does not validate a redirect URL or protocol correctly, resulting in an open redirect and reflected JavaScript code injection. contact.php accepts the redirect target from the from HTTP parameter in $mybb->input['from'] or the Referer HTTP header in $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] and passes it to redirect() without sufficient verification. A javascript: URI becomes the target of the `Click here if you don't want to wait any longer` link because $force_redirect is true, allowing script execution when a victim selects the link. This issue is fixed in version 1.8.40.

CWE	CWE-83
Vendor	mybb
Product	mybb
Published	Aug 18, 2026
Last Updated	Aug 18, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Affected Versions

mybb / mybb

< 1.8.40

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

github.com: https://github.com/mybb/mybb/security/advisories/GHSA-wf92-5q5h-qr53 github.com: https://github.com/mybb/mybb/releases/tag/mybb_1840 mybb.com: https://mybb.com/versions/1.8.40