Secunia Security Advisory - A security issue has been reported in vBulletin and vBulletin Publishing Suite, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
vBulletin Products Blog Posts Security Bypass Security Issue
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47536
VERIFY ADVISORY:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/47536/
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-01-12
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DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in vBulletin and vBulletin
Publishing Suite, which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass
certain security restrictions.
The security issue is caused due to the blog_post.php script not
checking certain permissions, and can be exploited to post blog
entries.
The security issue is reported in vBulletin versions 3.x using Blogs
and vBulletin Publishing Suite versions prior to 4.1.10.
SOLUTION:
Apply update.
Further details available in Customer Area:
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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by Truth66 in a bug report.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
vBulletin:
https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php/394259
http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBIV-13921
OTHER REFERENCES:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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