vBulletin Multiple Products 'AdminCP' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	48973
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 03 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 03 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	Reported by the vendor.
Vulnerable:	VBulletin vBulletin Publishing Suite 4.1.5 VBulletin vBulletin Publishing Suite 4.1.4 VBulletin vBulletin Publishing Suite 4.1.3 VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.5 VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.4 VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.3
Not Vulnerable:	VBulletin vBulletin Publishing Suite 4.1.5 PL1 VBulletin vBulletin Publishing Suite 4.1.4 PL3 VBulletin vBulletin Publishing Suite 4.1.3 PL3 VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.5 PL1 VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.4 PL3 VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.3 PL3

vBulletin Multiple Products 'AdminCP' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

vBulletin Publishing Suite and vBulletin Forum Classic are prone to an unspecified cross-site scripting vulnerability because they fail 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 let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

vBulletin Multiple Products 'AdminCP' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

vBulletin Multiple Products 'AdminCP' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released updates to address the issue. Please see the references for more information.

vBulletin Multiple Products 'AdminCP' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• vBulletin 4.1.3, 4.1.4 and 4.1.5 Security Patch (VBulletin)
  
• vBulletin Homepage (vBulletin)