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VBulletin Init.PHP Unspecified Remote Vulnerability

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2535

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a flaw that allows for the bypassing of authentication.

Description

The remote host is running a version of vBulletin, a forum application implemented in PHP, that is vulnerable to an unspecified remote vulnerability. It is reported that versions prior to 3.0.5 are prone to this issue. Additionally, versions of vBulletin prior to 3.0.5 are vulnerable to a content-parsing flaw within the forumdisplay.php script. An attacker exploiting this flaw would be able to run arbitrary commands on the remote web server.

Solution

Upgrade to vBulletin 3.0.5 or higher.

See Also

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=125480

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 2535

Family: CGI

Published: 1/18/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 16203

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:jelsoft:vbulletin

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0429

BID: 12542, 12299