SB2012082802 - SQL injection in vBulletin

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4686)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the announcementid parameter. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-04/0042.html
• http://osvdb.org/80962
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52897