RETIRED: vBulletin 'upgrade.php' Remote Code Injection Vulnerability

BID:63380

Info

RETIRED: vBulletin 'upgrade.php' Remote Code Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 63380
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 24 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 01 2013 12:21AM
Credit: Simo Ben youssef
Vulnerable: VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.12
VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.10
VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.7
VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.5
VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.4
VBulletin VBulletin 4.0.2
VBulletin VBulletin 4.0.1
VBulletin VBulletin 4.0 PL 1
VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.5 PL1
VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.4 PL3
VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.3 PL3
VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.3 PL1
VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.3
VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.2 PL1
VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.11
VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.1 PL1
VBulletin VBulletin 4.1.0 PL3
VBulletin VBulletin 4.0.8 PL3
VBulletin VBulletin 4.0.8
VBulletin VBulletin 4.0.7 PL1
VBulletin VBulletin 4.0.6 PL1
VBulletin VBulletin 4.0.5 PL1
VBulletin VBulletin 4.0.4 PL2
VBulletin VBulletin 4.0.3 PL2
VBulletin VBulletin 4.0.2 PL5
VBulletin VBulletin 4.0.2 PL 4
VBulletin VBulletin 4.0.2 PL 3
VBulletin VBulletin 4.0.2 PL 2
VBulletin VBulletin 4.0.1 PL1
VBulletin VBulletin 4.0.0 PL2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

RETIRED: vBulletin 'upgrade.php' Remote Code Injection Vulnerability

vBulletin is prone to a remote code-injection vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to inject and execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected application.

Note: This BID is being retired as a duplicate of the issue discussed in BID 62909 (vBulletin '/install/upgrade.php' Security Bypass Vulnerability)

Exploit / POC

RETIRED: vBulletin 'upgrade.php' Remote Code Injection Vulnerability

The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

RETIRED: vBulletin 'upgrade.php' Remote Code 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].

References

RETIRED: vBulletin 'upgrade.php' Remote Code Injection Vulnerability

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