Check Point Advisories

MyBB Visual Editor Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2018-17128)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2018-2244
Date Published: 26 Dec 2022
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Tuesday 21 March, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2018-17128
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? MyBB Visual Editor before 1.8.19
Vulnerability Description A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in MyBB Visual Editor. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script into the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the MyBB Visual Editor Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2018-17128) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  MyBB Visual Editor Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2018-17128)

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