SQL injection in vBulletin - CVE-2013-3522
Published: May 11, 2013 / Updated: February 9, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42846
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-3522
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
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 nodeid parameter. 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.
Affected software
vBulletin
How to mitigate CVE-2013-3522
Install update from vendor's website.
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
- Exploit #4333 - vBulletin 5 - index.php/ajax/api/reputation/vote nodeid Parameter SQL Injection (Metasploit) (August 11, 2020)
- Exploit #4229 - vBulletin 5.0.0 Beta 11 < 5.0.0 Beta 28 - SQL Injection (August 11, 2020)
- Exploit #4128 - vBulletin Password Collector via nodeid SQL Injection (August 11, 2020)
- Exploit #4100 - vBulletin index.php/ajax/api/reputation/vote nodeid Parameter SQL Injection (August 11, 2020)