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Exploit for vBulletin 5.5.4 - 5.6.2- Remote Command Execution (CVE-2020-17496)

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.

Nuclei Template

View the template here CVE-2020-17496.yaml

Validate with Nuclei

echo "$URL" | nuclei -t ~/nuclei-templates/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-17496.yaml
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References:

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4445227-vbulletin-5-6-0-5-6-1-5-6-2-security-patch
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17496
https://www.tenable.com/blog/zero-day-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-vbulletin-disclosed