*CVE-2014-9469  vBulletin XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) Security
Vulnerabilities*


Exploit Title: vBulletin XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) Security Vulnerabilities
Product: vBulletin Forum
Vendor: vBulletin
Vulnerable Versions: 5.1.3   5.0.5   4.2.2   3.8.7   3.6.7   3.6.0   3.5.4
Tested Version: 5.1.3 4.2.2
Advisory Publication: Feb 12, 2015
Latest Update: Feb 12, 2015
Vulnerability Type: Cross-Site Scripting [CWE-79]
CVE Reference: CVE-2014-9469
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
Credit: Wang Jing [Mathematics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore]





*Advisory Details:*

*(1) Vendor & Product Description:*

*Vendor:*
vBulletin


*Product & Version: *
vBulletin Forum
5.1.3   5.0.5   4.2.2   3.8.7   3.6.7   3.6.0   3.5.4


*Vendor URL & Download: *
vBulletin can be downloaded from here,
https://www.vbulletin.com/purchases/


*Product Introduction:*
"vBulletin (vB) is a proprietary Internet forum software package developed
by vBulletin Solutions, Inc., a division of Internet Brands. It is written
in PHP and uses a MySQL database server."

"Since the initial release of the vBulletin forum product in 2000, there
have been many changes and improvements. Below is a list of the major
revisions and some of the changes they introduced. The current production
version is 3.8.7, 4.2.2, and 5.1.3."




*(2) Vulnerability Details:*
vBulletin has a security problem. It can be exploited by XSS attacks.

*(2.1) *The vulnerability occurs at "forum/help" page. Add "hash symbol"
first. Then add script at the end of it.






*References:*
http://tetraph.com/security/cves/cve-2014-9469-vbulletin-xss-cross-site-scripting-security-vulnerabilities/
http://securityrelated.blogspot.com/2015/02/cve-2014-9469-vbulletin-xss-cross-site.html
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-9469
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9469
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9469
http://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2014-9469/
http://www.security-database.com/detail.php?alert=CVE-2014-9469
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2014-9469
http://www.pentest.it/cve-2014-9469.html
http://www.naked-security.com/cve/CVE-2014-9469/
http://www.inzeed.com/kaleidoscope/cves/cve-2014-9469/
http://007software.net/cve-2014-9469/
http://diebiyi.com/articles/%E5%AE%89%E5%85%A8/cve-2014-9469/
https://computertechhut.wordpress.com/2015/02/12/cve-2014-9469/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9469






--
Wang Jing,
Division of Mathematical Sciences (MAS),
School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS),
Nanyang Technological University (NTU),
Singapore.
http://www.tetraph.com/wangjing/
https://twitter.com/justqdjing