Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-43709

Medium

Published: 22 November 2022

Published
22 November 2022
Modified
29 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0031 54.7th percentile
Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-43709 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Mybb Mybb. Its CVSS base score is 4.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 45.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

MyBB 1.8.31 has a SQL injection vulnerability in the Admin CP's Users module allows remote authenticated users to modify the query string via direct user input or stored search filter settings.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

mybb
mybb
≤ 1.8.32

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-79 CWE-89

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79 CWE-89

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References