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vBulletin 5.4.3 Open Redirect Vulnerability

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 98777

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Synopsis

vBulletin 5.4.3 Open Redirect Vulnerability

Description

According to the self-reported version in its response header, the version of vBulletin hosted on the remote web server is < 5.4.4. It is, therefore, affected by an open redirect vulnerability.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to vBulletin version 5.4.4 or later.

See Also

https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4398757-vbulletin-5-4-4-connect-is-now-available

https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2018-017.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 98777

Type: remote

Published: 12/12/2019

Updated: 3/14/2023

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-15493

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-15493

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:vbulletin:vbulletin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15493