CVE-2014-9438
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Moderator Control Panel in vBulletin 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) ban a user via the username parameter in a dobanuser action to modcp/banning.php or (2) unban a user, (3) modify user profiles, edit a (4) post or (5) topic, or approve a (6) post or (7) topic via unspecified vectors.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| vbulletin | vbulletin | 4.2.2 | |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129619/vBulletin-Moderator-Control-Panel-4.2.2-CSRF.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99472
- https://rstforums.com/forum/88810-csrf-vbulletin-modcp.rst
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129619/vBulletin-Moderator-Control-Panel-4.2.2-CSRF.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99472
- https://rstforums.com/forum/88810-csrf-vbulletin-modcp.rst
CWEs
CWE-352
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.