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vBulletin <= 3.0.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for multiple vulnerabilities in vBulletin <= 3.0.9

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server contains a PHP script which is vulnerable to several
flaws.

Description :

The version of vBulletin installed on the remote host fails to
properly sanitize user-supplied input to a number of parameters and
scripts before using it in database queries and to generate dynamic
HTML. A possible hacker can exploit these issues to launch SQL injection
and cross-site scripting attacks against the affected application.
Note that the affected scripts require moderator or administrator
access, with the exception of 'joinrequests.php'.

See also :

http://morph3us.org/advisories/20050917-vbulletin-3.0.8.txt

Solution :

Upgrade to vBulletin 3.0.9 to resolve many but not all of these issues.

Network Security Threat Level:

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 5
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/A:N/I:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 14872, 14874

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