SB2016061502 - SQL Injection in vBulletin

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SB2016061502 - SQL Injection in vBulletin

Published: June 15, 2016 Updated: March 24, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2016061502
CSH Severity
Critical
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6195)

CWE-ID: CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands in vulnerable application.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in "postids" parameter  within "forumrunner/includes/moderation.php" script. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP request vulnerable script and execute arbitrary SQL commands in the back-end database.

Successful exploitation may allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the vulnerable system.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References