RETIRED: vBulletin 'faq.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

BID:29293

Info

RETIRED: vBulletin 'faq.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 29293
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-2460
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 20 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 12 2015 07:48PM
Credit: Ali Jasbi
Vulnerable: VBulletin VBulletin 3.7 Gold
VBulletin VBulletin 3.6.8
VBulletin VBulletin 3.6.7
VBulletin VBulletin 3.6.6
VBulletin VBulletin 3.6.5
VBulletin VBulletin 3.6.4
VBulletin VBulletin 3.6.3
VBulletin VBulletin 3.6.2
VBulletin VBulletin 3.6.1
VBulletin VBulletin 3.6
VBulletin VBulletin 3.5.4
VBulletin VBulletin 3.5.3
VBulletin VBulletin 3.5.2
VBulletin VBulletin 3.5.1
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.15
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.14
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.12
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.11
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.10
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.9
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.8
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.7
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 3.5.x
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

RETIRED: vBulletin 'faq.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

vBulletin is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query.

Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.

vBulletin 3.7.0 Gold is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

NOTE: This issue is being retired the vendor states that the application is not affected.

Exploit / POC

RETIRED: vBulletin 'faq.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.domain.com/vBulletin/faq.php?s=&do=search&q=[Sql injection]&match=any&titlesonly=1

Solution / Fix

RETIRED: vBulletin 'faq.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

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