vBulletin < 3.5.4 HTML Injection

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3454

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to an HTML Injection attack.

Description

The version of vBulletin installed on the remote host fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. Given this, the application is prone to an HTML injection attack. An attacker exploiting this flaw would post a malicious entry to the vBulletin board. Unsuspecting users perusing the board would have code executed within their browser. Successful exploitation could lead to the theft of confidential data.

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.5.4 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 3454

Family: CGI

Published: 3/3/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 20992

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:jelsoft:vbulletin

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1040

BID: 16919

Detections

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