CVE-2015-8977

high
Published 2017-01-31 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
VIR risk
7.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mybbmerge_system{"endIncluding":"1.8.5"}
mybbmybb{"endIncluding":"1.6.17"}
mybbmybb1.8.0
mybbmybb1.8.1
mybbmybb1.8.2
mybbmybb1.8.3
mybbmybb1.8.4
mybbmybb1.8.5

References

CWEs

CWE-532

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.