SB2014101506 - Multiple vulnerabilities in vBulletin 

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SB2014101506 - Multiple vulnerabilities in vBulletin

Published: October 15, 2014 Updated: February 9, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2014101506
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8670)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Open redirect vulnerability in go.php in vBulletin 4.2.1 allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the url parameter. <a href = "http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/601.html"> CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') </a>


2) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2022)

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 conceptid argument in an xmlrpc API request. 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