CVE-2016-6195 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2016-08-30

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 85.1% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vbulletin:vbulletin::patch_level_4::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vbulletin:vbulletin:4.2.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.85068.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92687
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=322848
https://enumerated.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/1/
https://github.com/drewlong/vbully

History

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Subscriptions

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-08-30T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:22:20.621Z

Reserved: 2016-07-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6195

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-08-30T19:59:00.127

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-6195

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-89

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