vBulletin Moderation Control Panel 'redirect' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:29817

Info

vBulletin Moderation Control Panel 'redirect' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 29817
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 19 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 23 2008 04:21PM
Credit: Jessica Hope
Vulnerable: VBulletin VBulletin 3.7.1 PL1
VBulletin VBulletin 3.7.1
VBulletin VBulletin 3.7 Gold
VBulletin VBulletin 3.6.10 PL1
VBulletin VBulletin 3.6.10
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
Not Vulnerable: VBulletin VBulletin 3.7.1 PL2
VBulletin VBulletin 3.6.10 PL2

Discussion

vBulletin Moderation Control Panel 'redirect' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

vBulletin is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability that occurs in the MCP (moderation control panel) because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

vBulletin 3.7.1 PL1 and 3.6.10 PL1 are vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

vBulletin Moderation Control Panel 'redirect' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following example URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/vB3/modcp/index.php?redirect=data:text/html;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4K
http://www.example.com/vB3/modcp/index.php?redirect={XSS}

Solution / Fix

vBulletin Moderation Control Panel 'redirect' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released fixes. Please see the references for more information.

References

vBulletin Moderation Control Panel 'redirect' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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