SB2013082701 - Security bypass in vBulletin
Published: August 27, 2013 Updated: January 16, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013082701
CSH Severity
Critical
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Security bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6129)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an error in the upgrade.php script. By using the customerid, htmldata[password], htmldata[confirmpassword], and htmldata[email] parameters, a remote attacker can create administrative accounts.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in security bypass on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.