CVE-2008-2066

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2008-2066 · Published 02/05/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-2066 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting minibb (minibb).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.6%, higher than 76.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
minibb minibb	`= 2.2a`	No fix yet

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in bb_admin.php in miniBB 2.2a allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the whatus parameter in a searchusers2 action. NOTE: it was later reported that other versions before 3.0.1 are also vulnerable.

References

osvdb.org/95122
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jul/102
secunia.com/advisories/30004 · Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com/securityalert/3846
minibb.com/download.php
minibb.com/forums/news-9/minibb-3.0.1-released-stable-fixed-secured-dedicated-6059.html
securityfocus.com/archive/1/491375/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/28957 · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/61116
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42076
mavitunasecurity.com/xss-and-sql-injection-vulnerabilities-in-minibb

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