vBulletin <= 4.2.3 - SQL Injection Detection
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vBulletin 4.2.3 - SQL Injection Vulnerability | 11 Nov 201600:00 | – | zdt | |
| Exploit for Argument Injection in Phpmailer_Project Phpmailer | 5 Dec 201914:28 | – | gitee | |
| CVE-2016-6195 | 25 Aug 201500:00 | – | circl | |
| vBulletin forumrunner/includes/moderation.php SQL Injection Vulnerability | 31 Aug 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2016-6195 | 30 Aug 201619:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-6195 | 30 Aug 201619:00 | – | cvelist | |
| vBulletin 4 ForumRunner SQL Injection | 1 Dec 201600:00 | – | dsquare | |
| vBulletin 3.6.0 < 4.2.3 - 'ForumRunner' SQL Injection | 25 Aug 201500:00 | – | exploitdb | |
| vBulletin 3.6.0 4.2.3 - ForumRunner SQL Injection | 25 Aug 201500:00 | – | exploitpack | |
| vBulletin <= 4.2.3 - SQL Injection | 16 Oct 202602:05 | – | nuclei |
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""vBulletin versions 3."""
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client
class Module(Scanner, Http_client):
__info__ = {
'name': 'vBulletin <= 4.2.3 - SQL Injection Detection',
'description': 'vBulletin versions 3.6.0 through 4.2.3 are vulnerable to an SQL injection vulnerability in the vBulletin core forumrunner addon. The vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries and potentially access sensitive information from the database.',
'author': ['KittySploit Team'],
'severity': 'critical',
'tags': ['web', 'scanner', 'cve', 'cve2016', 'vbulletin', 'sqli', 'forum', 'edb', 'vkev', 'vuln'],
'agent': {
'risk': 'active',
'effects': ['network_probe'],
'expected_requests': 6,
'reversible': True,
'approval_required': False,
'produces': ['tech_hints', 'risk_signals', 'endpoints'],
'cost': 1.0,
'noise': 0.3,
'value': 1.0,
'requires': {
'min_endpoints': 0,
'min_params': 0,
'tech_hints_any': [],
'tech_hints_all': [],
'specializations_any': [],
'risk_signals_any': [],
'auth_session': False,
'capabilities_any': [],
'capabilities_all': [],
'confidence_min': {},
'confidence_min_any': {},
'endpoint_pattern_any': [],
'param_any': [],
'api_surface_ready': False,
},
'chain': {
'produces_capabilities': [
{
'capability': 'admin_surface',
'from_detail': '',
},
],
'consumes_capabilities': [],
'option_bindings': {},
'suggested_followups': ['auxiliary/scanner/http/login_page_detector'],
},
},
'references': [
'https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-6195/',
'https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38489',
'https://enumerated.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/1/',
'http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=322848',
'https://github.com/drewlong/vbully',
],
'cve': 'CVE-2016-6195',
}
def run(self):
for path in ('/forumrunner/request.php?d=1&cmd=get_spam_data&postids=-1%27', '/boards/forumrunner/request.php?d=1&cmd=get_spam_data&postids=-1%27', '/board/forumrunner/request.php?d=1&cmd=get_spam_data&postids=-1%27', '/forum/forumrunner/request.php?d=1&cmd=get_spam_data&postids=-1%27', '/forums/forumrunner/request.php?d=1&cmd=get_spam_data&postids=-1%27', '/vb/forumrunner/request.php?d=1&cmd=get_spam_data&postids=-1%27'):
r = self.http_request(method="GET", path=path, allow_redirects=True)
if not r or r.status_code not in (200, 503):
continue
body = r.text or ""
body_any = ('type=dberror',)
if (any(m in body for m in body_any)):
self.set_info(
severity='critical',
reason="vBulletin <= 4.2.3 - SQL Injection detected",
path=path,
)
return True
return False
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8.8High risk
Vulners AI Score8.8
CVSS 27.5
CVSS 39.8
EPSS0.68493