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TITLE:
MyBB "showcodebuttons" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20795

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20795/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
MyBB (formerly MyBulletinBoard) 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4479/

DESCRIPTION:
imei addmimistrator has reported a vulnerability in MyBB, which can
be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "showcodebuttons" parameter in usercp.php isn't
properly sanitised before being used in a SQL query. This can be
exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

This can further be exploited to create an administrator account.

The vulnerability has been reported in versions 1.0 through 1.1.3.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.1.4.
http://www.mybboard.com/downloads.php

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
imei addmimistrator

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://myimei.com/security/2006-06-21/mybb113option-update-for-code-buttonssql-injection-admin-access.html
http://community.mybboard.net/showthread.php?tid=9955

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