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CVE-2010-4628

member.php in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.4.12 makes a certain superfluous call to the SQL COUNT function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by making requests to member.php that trigger scans of the entire users table.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-4628 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from mybb organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-12-30T21:00:02.643

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mybb	mybb	≤ 1.4.11	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.00	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.01	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.1.0	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.1.1	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.1.2	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.1.3	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.1.4	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.1.5	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.1.6	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.1.7	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.1.8	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.02	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.2	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.2.0	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.2.1	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.2.2	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.2.3	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.2.4	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.2.5	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.2.6	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.2.7	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.2.8	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.2.9	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.2.10	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.2.11	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.2.12	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.2.13	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.03	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.04	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.4.0	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.4.2	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.4.3	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.4.6	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.4.8	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.4.9	Yes
Application	mybb	mybb	1.4.10	Yes

References

http://blog.mybb.com/2010/04/13/mybb-1-4-12-released-security-maintenance-update/ Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://dev.mybboard.net/issues/662 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/08/7 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/11/8 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/2 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64514 ([email protected])
http://blog.mybb.com/2010/04/13/mybb-1-4-12-released-security-maintenance-update/ Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://dev.mybboard.net/issues/662 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/08/7 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/11/8 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64514 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mybb's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.