vBulletin 5.x < 5.5.4 Patch Level 2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
🗓️ 25 Oct 2019 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vBulletin 5.0 < 5.5.4 - (updateAvatar) Authenticated Remote Code Execution Exploit | 7 Oct 201900:00 | – | zdt | |
| CVE-2019-17132 | 8 Oct 201912:09 | – | circl | |
| CVE-2019-17271 | 8 Oct 201912:09 | – | circl | |
| vBulletin Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | 11 Oct 201900:00 | – | cnvd | |
| vBulletin SQL Injection Vulnerability (CNVD-2019-38484) | 8 Oct 201900:00 | – | cnvd | |
| vBulletin updateAvatar Remote Code Execution (CVE-2019-17132) | 13 Nov 201900:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| CVE-2019-17132 | 4 Oct 201911:36 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2019-17271 | 8 Oct 201912:26 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2019-17132 | 4 Oct 201911:36 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2019-17271 | 8 Oct 201912:26 | – | cvelist |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.143057");
script_version("2026-04-01T06:13:16+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-01 06:13:16 +0000 (Wed, 01 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-10-25 05:56:26 +0000 (Fri, 25 Oct 2019)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-10-11 18:18:00 +0000 (Fri, 11 Oct 2019)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-17132", "CVE-2019-17271");
# nb: Patch level not detected
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_name("vBulletin 5.x < 5.5.4 Patch Level 2 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("vbulletin_http_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("vbulletin/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"vBulletin is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following vulnerabilities exist:
- CVE-2019-17132: a remote code execution (RCE) caused by mishandling custom avatars
- CVE-2019-17271: multiple SQL injections (SQLi)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"vBulletin 5.5.x through 5.5.4 Patch Level 1.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to 5.5.2 Patch Level 2, 5.5.3 Patch Level 2, 5.5.4 Patch
Level 2 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154759/vBulletin-5.5.4-Remote-Code-Execution.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154758/vBulletin-5.5.4-SQL-Injection.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4423646-vbulletin-5-5-x-5-5-2-5-5-3-and-5-5-4-security-patch-level-2");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "5.5.0", test_version2: "5.5.2")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.5.2 Patch Level 2", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_is_equal(version: version, test_version: "5.5.3")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.5.3 Patch Level 2", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_is_equal(version: version, test_version: "5.5.4")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "5.5.4 Patch Level 2", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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