Rewterz Threat Advisory – CVE-2019-16759 – Vulnerability in vBulletin Could Allow for Remote Code Execution

Severity

Medium

Analysis Summary

A vulnerability has been discovered in vBulletin which could allow for remote code execution when a malicious POST request is sent to the vulnerable application. vBulletin is a software package written in PHP used to create forums. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could enable the attacker to perform system command execution in the context of the web server hosting the application. Depending on the privileges associated with the vBulletin service, an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

Impact

Remote code execution

Affected Vendors

vBulletin

Affected Products

vBulletin versions 5.0.0 to 5.5.4

Remediation

Update to a fixed version.

Please see vendor’s advisory for more details

https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4422707-vbulletin-security-patch-released-versions-5-5-2-5-5-3-and-5-5-4