MyBB is free and open source forum software. Prior to 1.8.40, the remote requests feature does not correctly handle IPv6 addresses, resulting in a server-side request forgery vulnerability. The default disallowed remote hosts list does not include IPv6 addresses. Verification in fetch_remote_file() fails open when get_ip_by_hostname() returns no result because that function does not return IPv6 results, allowing a crafted remote target to bypass the host restriction. The uniquely identifying implementation details include fail-open verification, and inc/functions.php. This issue is fixed in version 1.8.40.
We have discovered 1,463 live websites that are affected by CVE-2026-45123.
| Product | |
| Category | Message Boards |
| Vulnerable Domains | 1,463 live websites (100% of MyBB install base) |
| Vulnerable Versions |
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| Vulnerable Versions Count | 21 versions ( 100% of all versions) |
| 552 websites | |
| 377 websites | |
| 130 websites | |
| 76 websites | |
| 37 websites | |
| 25 websites | |
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| 18 websites |
| .com | 535 websites |
| .de | 268 websites |
| .net | 152 websites |
| .org | 91 websites |
| .pl | 87 websites |
| .eu | 32 websites |
| .ru | 23 websites |
| .it | 18 websites |
| .info | 13 websites |
| .fr | 13 websites |
| Domain | Country | Rank | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|
| *********.****.com | **,*** | ||
| ******.******.org | **,*** | ||
| *****.****.tv | ***,*** | ||
| ********.pl | ***,*** | ||
| *************.org | ***,*** | ||
| *************.net | ***,*** | ||
| ************.pl | ***,*** | ||
| ********.net | ***,*** | ||
| **********.org | ***,*** | ||
| *******.com | ***,*** |
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