CVE-2026-45734

MyBB: Default CAPTCHA missing invalidation

MyBB is free and open source forum software. Prior to 1.8.40, the built-in CAPTCHA does not consistently enforce single-use semantics, allowing remote attackers to bypass CAPTCHA controls through challenge replay. The successful validation paths in contact.php, member.php?action=do_resendactivation, member.php?action=do_lostpw, member.php?action=do_emailuser, and sendthread.php?action=do_sendtofriend do not call captcha::invalidate_captcha() for the MyBB Default CAPTCHA selected by the captchaimage setting. A valid response can therefore be reused until a non-vulnerable endpoint invalidates it, an incorrect response is submitted, or the challenge expires. This issue is fixed in version 1.8.40.

We have discovered 1,463 live websites that are affected by CVE-2026-45734.

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Affected Software

Product  MyBB
Category Message Boards
Vulnerable Domains1,463 live websites (100% of MyBB install base)
Vulnerable Versions
  • from 0 through 1.8.40
Vulnerable Versions Count21 versions ( 100% of all versions)


Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-837 Improper Enforcement of a Single, Unique Action



Details

  • Published - Aug 18, 2026
  • Updated - Aug 19, 2026

Website Distribution by Country

Number of websites using CVE-2026-45734
United States552 websites


Germany377 websites
Poland130 websites
France76 websites
GB37 websites
Turkey25 websites
Netherlands23 websites
Italy22 websites
Iran18 websites
Russia18 websites

Website Distribution by TLD

Number of websites using CVE-2026-45734
.com535 websites
.de268 websites
.net152 websites
.org91 websites
.pl87 websites
.eu32 websites
.ru23 websites
.it18 websites
.info13 websites
.fr13 websites

Vulnerable Versions

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Websites affected by CVE-2026-45734

Top websites that are affected by CVE-2026-45734. Please click on the "Contact us" link to get more information.
DomainCountryRankContacts
*********.****.com United States**,***
******.******.org United States**,***
*****.****.tv United States***,***
********.pl Poland***,***
*************.org Laos***,***
*************.net United States***,***
************.pl Poland***,***
********.net United States***,***
**********.org United States***,***
*******.com United States***,***
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FAQ

CVE-2026-45734 is Improper Enforcement of a Single, Unique Action in MyBB
A total of 1,463 websites have been identified as vulnerable to CVE-2026-45734, based on global website indexing conducted by WebTechSurvey.
The MyBB is affected by the CVE-2026-45734 vulnerability.
MyBB versions up to 1.8.40 are vulnerable to CVE-2026-45734.
CVE-2026-45734 is resolved in version 1.8.40 of MyBB.