vBulletin Forum 'forum/help' Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	72592
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2014-9469
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 12 2015 12:00AM
Updated:	Feb 12 2015 12:00AM
Credit:	Wang Jing
Vulnerable:	VBulletin vBulletin Forum 5.1.3 VBulletin vBulletin Forum 5.0.5 VBulletin vBulletin Forum 4.2.2 VBulletin vBulletin Forum 3.8.7 VBulletin vBulletin Forum 3.6.7 VBulletin vBulletin Forum 3.5.4
Not Vulnerable:

vBulletin Forum 'forum/help' Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

vBulletin Forum Component is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it 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 allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

vBulletin Forum 5.1.3, 5.0.5, 4.2.2, 3.8.7, 3.6.7, 3.6.0 and 3.5.4 are vulnerable.

vBulletin Forum 'forum/help' Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

vBulletin Forum 'forum/help' Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

vBulletin Forum 'forum/help' Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• vBulletin Homepage (vBulletin)
  
• CVE-2014-9469 vBulletin XSS Vulnerabilities (Tetraph)