vBulletin 'vb_test.php' Information Disclosure Vulnerability - Active Check
🗓️ 31 Jul 2020 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:vbulletin:vbulletin";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.108827");
script_version("2025-05-29T05:40:25+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-05-29 05:40:25 +0000 (Thu, 29 May 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-07-31 10:47:37 +0000 (Fri, 31 Jul 2020)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_name("vBulletin 'vb_test.php' Information Disclosure Vulnerability - Active Check");
# nb: No ACT_ATTACK as this is just a plain file query
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("vbulletin_http_detect.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_mandatory_keys("vbulletin/http/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is disclosing information if the vBulletin
'vb_test.php' script is exposed.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if the 'vb_test.php' script is exposed on the remote
host.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An unauthenticated attacker might be able gather sensitive
information about the remote vBulletin installation. Some versions of the script are also known to
be vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability and a flaw related to the MySQL
connection to the vBulletin database.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"All vBulletin installations exposing the 'vb_test.php
script.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Delete the script or restrict access to it.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.golem.de/news/websicherheit-vbulletin-testskript-kann-dateien-leaken-2007-149629.html");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_app");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"Workaround");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE, service:"www" ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! dir = get_app_location( cpe:CPE, port:port ) )
exit( 0 );
if( dir == "/" )
dir = "";
url = dir + "/vb_test.php";
if( http_vuln_check( port:port, url:url, pattern:"<title>vBulletin Test Script</title>", check_header:TRUE ) ) {
report = http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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