vBulletin "Attached Before" and "Attached After" SQL Injection
Secunia Advisory: SA24503
Release Date: 2007-03-14
Last Update: 2007-06-01
Popularity: 9,217 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:vBulletin 3.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-1573
CVE-2007-2911


Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in vBulletin, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "Attached Before" or "Attached After" form fields in admincp/attachment.php is not properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

Successful exploitation requires valid administrator credentials.

The vulnerabilities are reported in version 3.6.5. Prior versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 3.6.6.

Provided and/or discovered by:
meto5757 and disfigure

The "Attached After" vector was reported by the vendor.

Changelog:
2007-03-26: Added CVE reference.
2007-06-01: Added "Attached After" vector. Updated "Description", "Solution", "Provided and/or discovered by", and "Original Advisory" sections. Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/project.php?issueid=21615


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