SQL injection in vBulletin - CVE-2014-5102
Published: July 25, 2014 / Updated: February 9, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41460
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5102
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: vBulletin
Affected software:
vBulletin
vBulletin
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-5102
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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