PT-2018-4058 · Vbulletin Solutions · Vbulletin

Published 2018-01-11 · Updated 2018-01-31 · CVE-2012-6670

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 vbActivity module versions prior to 3.0.1

Description The issue concerns multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the reason parameter in specific API endpoints, such as "actions/nominatemedal.php" or "actions/requestmedal.php".

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.0.1, update to version 3.0.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the actions/nominatemedal.php and actions/requestmedal.php endpoints until the update is applied. Avoid using the reason parameter in these endpoints until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6670

Affected Products

Vbulletin

References · 5

• http://dragonbyte-tech.com/f4/vbactivity-vbshout-forumon-rpg-vbdownloads-vbquiz-updates-security-releases-6876 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6670 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74346 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48490 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/52711 · Note