VBulletin Misc.PHP Arbitrary PHP Script Code Execution Vulnerability

BID:12622

Info

VBulletin Misc.PHP Arbitrary PHP Script Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12622
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0511
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 22 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 10:56AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to pokley <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.6
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.5
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.4
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
VBulletin VBulletin 2.3.4
VBulletin VBulletin 2.3.3
VBulletin VBulletin 2.3.2
VBulletin VBulletin 2.3 .0
VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.9
VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.8
VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.7
VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.6
VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.5
VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.4
VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.3
VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.2
VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.1
VBulletin VBulletin 2.2 .0
VBulletin VBulletin 2.0.3
VBulletin VBulletin 2.0 rc 3
VBulletin VBulletin 2.0 rc 2
VBulletin VBulletin 1.0.1 lite
Not Vulnerable: VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.7

Discussion

VBulletin Misc.PHP Arbitrary PHP Script Code Execution Vulnerability

vBulletin is reported prone to an arbitrary PHP script code execution vulnerability. The issue is reported to exist due to a lack of sufficient input sanitization performed on user-supplied data before this data is included in a dynamically generated script.

This vulnerability is reported to affect vBulletin board versions up to and including 3.0.6 that are configured with 'Add Template Name in HTML Comments' functionality enabled.

Exploit / POC

VBulletin Misc.PHP Arbitrary PHP Script Code Execution Vulnerability

The following example is available:

http://www.example.com/misc.php?do=page&amp;template={${phpinfo()}}

An exploit (php_vbulletin_template.pm) for the Metasploit Framework is available.

Solution / Fix

VBulletin Misc.PHP Arbitrary PHP Script Code Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released vBulletin version 3.0.7 to address this issue:


VBulletin VBulletin 1.0.1 lite

VBulletin VBulletin 2.0 rc 2

VBulletin VBulletin 2.0 rc 3

VBulletin VBulletin 2.0.3

VBulletin VBulletin 2.2 .0

VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.1

VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.2

VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.3

VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.4

VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.5

VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.6

VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.7

VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.8

VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.9

VBulletin VBulletin 2.3 .0

VBulletin VBulletin 2.3.2

VBulletin VBulletin 2.3.3

VBulletin VBulletin 2.3.4

VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 4

VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 2

VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 6

VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 7

VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 Gamma

VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 3

VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 5

VBulletin VBulletin 3.0

VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.1

VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.2

VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.3

VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.4

VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.5

VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.6

References

VBulletin Misc.PHP Arbitrary PHP Script Code Execution Vulnerability

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