PT-2015-4201 · Vbulletin Solutions · Vbulletin

Published 2015-01-02 · Updated 2017-09-08 · CVE-2014-9438

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions vBulletin version 4.2.2

Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue exists in the Moderator Control Panel, allowing remote attackers to hijack administrator authentication for various actions, including banning or unbanning a user via the username parameter in a 'dobanuser' action to 'modcp/banning.php', modifying user profiles, editing or approving posts or topics.

Recommendations For vBulletin version 4.2.2, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Moderator Control Panel to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the username parameter in the 'modcp/banning.php' endpoint until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-9438

Affected Products

Vbulletin

References · 5

• 🔥 https://rstforums.com/forum/88810-csrf-vbulletin-modcp.rst · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129619/vBulletin-Moderator-Control-Panel-4.2.2-CSRF.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9438 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9438 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99472 · Note