Critical severity · published Aug 30, 2016
CVE-2016-6195
SQL injection vulnerability in forumrunner/includes/moderation.php in vBulletin before 4.2.2 Patch Level 5 and 4.2.3 before Patch Level 1 allows remote attackers to execute…
9.8
CVSS
70.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in forumrunner/includes/moderation.php in vBulletin before 4.2.2 Patch Level 5 and 4.2.3 before Patch Level 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the postids parameter to forumrunner/request.php, as exploited in the wild in July 2016.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)70.9% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VB
Vbulletin · Vbulletin
through 4.2.2; 4.2.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6195
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6195
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92687
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=322848
Technical Description
https://enumerated.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/1/
github.com
https://github.com/drewlong/vbully
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