Vulnerability · CVE-2011-10018
myBB version 1.6.4 was distributed with an unauthorized backdoor embedded in the source code.
Published Aug 13, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 7, 2026 · myBB Group Forum Software
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2011-10018. EPSS is 2.85%. Act only if a listed version of myBB Group Forum Software is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Critical10.0
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 2.85%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- vendor myBB Group Forum Software 1.6.4
myBB version 1.6.4 was distributed with an unauthorized backdoor embedded in the source code. The backdoor allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by injecting payloads into a specially crafted collapsed cookie. This vulnerability was introduced during packaging and was not part of the intended application logic. Exploitation requires no authentication and results in full compromise of the web server under the context of the web application.
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- vendor myBB Group Forum Software 1.6.41.6.4
How to fix CVE-2011-10018
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2011-10018. EPSS is 2.85%. Act only if a listed version of myBB Group Forum Software is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with myBB Group Forum Software 1.6.4 1.6.4. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 2.85%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Aug 13, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
myBB version 1.6.4 was distributed with an unauthorized backdoor embedded in the source code. The backdoor allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by injecting payloads into a specially crafted collapsed cookie. This vulnerability was introduced during packaging and was not part of the intended application logic. Exploitation requires no authentication and results in full compromise
Apr 7, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
myBB version 1.6.4 was distributed with an unauthorized backdoor embedded in the source code. The backdoor allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by injecting payloads into a specially crafted collapsed cookie. This vulnerability was introduced during packaging and was not part of the intended application logic. Exploitation requires no authentication and results in full compromise
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2011-10018
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2011-10018
30-day exploitation probability 2.85%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2011-5246
myBB version 1.6.4 was distributed with an unauthorized backdoor embedded in the source code. The backdoor allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by injecting payloads into a specially crafted collapsed cookie. This vulnerability was introduced during packaging an
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 21, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.