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[SA24503] vBulletin "Attached Before" SQL Injection Vulnerability

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Wed Mar 14 2007 - 12:17:04 CDT


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TITLE:
vBulletin "Attached Before" SQL Injection Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24503

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24503/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
vBulletin 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/3212/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in vBulletin, which can be
exploited by malicious users to conduct SQL injection attacks.

Input passed to the "Attached Before" form field in
admincp/attachment.php is not properly sanitised before being used in
SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by
injecting arbitrary SQL code.

Successful exploitation requires valid administrator credentials.

The vulnerability is reported in version 3.6.5. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
meto5757 and disfigure

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