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vBulletin Database Credentials Information Disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 47862

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Synopsis

A bulletin board system running on the remote web server has an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The version of vBulletin running on the remote host has an information disclosure vulnerability. Requesting 'faq.php' with a search term of 'database' results in the disclosure of the database credentials.

An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this to learn the database credentials, which could be used to mount further attacks.

Solution

Upgrade to vBulletin 3.8.6-PL1 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d4bb1d5f

http://www.nessus.org/u?ceb82e19

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 47862

File Name: vbulletin_faq_database_info_leak.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 7/27/2010

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vbulletin:vbulletin

Required KB Items: www/vBulletin

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2010

Reference Information

BID: 41875

SECUNIA: 40675