PT-2012-5040 · Vbulletin Solutions · Vbulletin

Haunt It · Published 2012-07-03 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-3844

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions vBulletin version 4.1.12

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a long string in the subject parameter when creating a post.

Recommendations For version 4.1.12, avoid using long strings in the subject parameter when creating a post until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the length of input in the subject parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-3844

Affected Products

Vbulletin

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3844 · Security Note
• http://hauntit.blogspot.com/2012/04/en-vbulletin-4112-cross-site-scripting.html · Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112385/vBulletin-4.1.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75325 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3844 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53319 · Note