vBulletin SQL Injection Vulnerability

BID:11193

Info

vBulletin SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11193
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 15 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 15 2004 12:00AM
Credit: al3ndaleeb disclosed this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.3
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.2
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.1
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 Gamma
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 7
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 6
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 5
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 4
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 3
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 2
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0
Samba ppp 2.4.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

vBulletin SQL Injection Vulnerability

vBulletin is reported vulnerable to a remote SQL injection vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly validate user-supplied input prior to including it in an SQL query.

An attacker may exploit this issue to manipulate and inject SQL queries onto the underlying database. It will be possible to leverage this issue to steal database contents including administrator password hashes and user credentials as well as to make attacks against the underlying database.

Versions 3.0 through to 3.0.3 are reportedly affected by this issue.

Exploit / POC

vBulletin SQL Injection Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

vBulletin SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
A vendor supplied fix is available. This file, 'authorize.php' is designed to replace the vulnerable 'authorize.php' script. The fix can be applied to vBulletin version 3.0.3 only, users are recommended to update to vBulletin version 3.0.3 before applying the fix:

References

vBulletin SQL Injection Vulnerability

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