Open redirect in vBulletin - CVE-2018-6200

 

Open redirect in vBulletin - CVE-2018-6200

Published: January 26, 2018 / Updated: January 29, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10311
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6200
CWE-ID: CWE-601
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: vBulletin
Affected software:
vBulletin

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform phishing attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to open redirect in redirector.php. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted 'url' parameter and redirect users to malicious websites.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-6200

Update to version 4.2.5.

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