CVE-2026-58054 PUBLISHED

MyBB - Privilege Escalation from Limited ACP User Management to Administrator

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 28.06.2026 Published: 28.06.2026 Updated: 28.06.2026

MyBB 1.8.40 does not restrict which usergroup a limited Admin Control Panel user may assign when creating or editing users; the user module offers the Administrators group (gid 4) and its datahandler's verify_usergroup() unconditionally returns true. An admin holding only the delegated user-management permission can assign the Administrators group to an account and escalate to the full Administrator permission set.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.6

Product Status

Vendor MyBB
Product MyBB
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0 to 1.8.40 (incl.)

Credits

  • ashdfrkl finder

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Privilege Management CWE