CVE-2020-17496
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-08-12 13:07
Modified
2024-08-04 14:00
Severity ?
Summary
vBulletin 5.5.4 through 5.6.2 allows remote command execution via crafted subWidgets data in an ajax/render/widget_tabbedcontainer_tab_panel request. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-16759.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://blog.exploitee.rs/2020/exploiting-vbulletin-a-tale-of-patch-fail/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.htmlTechnical Description
cve@mitre.orghttps://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4445227-vbulletin-5-6-0-5-6-1-5-6-2-security-patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
n/an/a
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2021-11-03

Due date: 2022-05-03

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17496

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