MyBB "showcodebuttons" SQL Injection Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA20795
Release Date: 2006-06-26
Last Update: 2006-06-30
Popularity: 5,309 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Manipulation of data
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:MyBB (formerly MyBulletinBoard) 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-3243


Description:
imei addmimistrator has reported a vulnerability in MyBB, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "showcodebuttons" parameter in usercp.php isn't properly sanitised before being used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

This can further be exploited to create an administrator account.

The vulnerability has been reported in versions 1.0 through 1.1.3.

Solution:
Update to version 1.1.4.
http://www.mybboard.com/downloads.php

Provided and/or discovered by:
imei addmimistrator

Changelog:
2006-06-30: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://myimei.com/security/2006-06-21...uttonssql-injection-admin-access.html
http://community.mybboard.net/showthread.php?tid=9955


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