SB2014072506 - SQL injection in vBulletin

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5102)

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 criteria[startswith] parameter to ajax/render/memberlist_items. 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://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127537/vBulletin-5.1.2-SQL-Injection.html
• http://www.pcworld.com/article/2455500/emergency-vbulletin-patch-fixes-dangerous-sql-injection-vulnerability.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68709
• http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4097503-security-patch-release-for-vbulletin-5-0-4-5-0-5-5-1-0-5-1-1-and-5-1-2