# CVE-2026-45127: MyBB: ACP Mass Mail draft resend CSRF

- Severity: CVSS 3.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.8.40
- Published: 2026-08-18 · Updated: 2026-08-19

## Affected

- mybb: fixed in 1.8.40

## Description

MyBB is free and open source forum software. Prior to 1.8.40, the ACP Mass Mail module does not validate certain requests correctly, allowing same-site attackers to create draft entries from archived entries by embedding a specially crafted URL. The Resend route in Admin CP, Users & Groups, Mass Mail, Mass Mailing Archive duplicates archived mailing entries into new drafts with mybb_massemails.status set to 0 on GET requests without request forgery protection. The uniquely identifying implementation details include Users & Groups → Mass Mail → Mass Mailing Archive, mybb_massemails.status = 0, and admin/modules/user/mass_mail.php. This issue is fixed in version 1.8.40.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on mybb, upgrade to a fixed version (1.8.40) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/mybb/mybb/security/advisories/GHSA-xx78-g79m-qvgq
- https://github.com/mybb/mybb/commit/a95c5d6730b943adab7e54bc209c051f98843a3b
- https://github.com/mybb/mybb/releases/tag/mybb_1840
- https://mybb.com/versions/1.8.40

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