Tapatalk Plugin up to 4.5.7 on MyBB XML-RPC classTTForum.php sql injection

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Tapatalk Plugin up to 4.5.7 on MyBB. This affects an unknown part in the library mobiquo/lib/classTTForum.php of the component XML-RPC. Such manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-14652. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Tapatalk Plugin up to 4.5.7 on MyBB and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function in the library mobiquo/lib/classTTForum.php of the component XML-RPC. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

SQL Injection vulnerability in mobiquo/lib/classTTForum.php in the Tapatalk plugin before 4.5.8 for MyBB allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary SQL commands via an XML-RPC encoded document sent as part of the user registration process.

The bug was discovered 07/31/2017. The weakness was presented 09/21/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at adrianhayter.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-14652 since 09/21/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 52 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:mobiquo/lib/classTTForum.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 4.5.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-77553 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Tapatalk Plugin

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• 4.5.0
• 4.5.1
• 4.5.2
• 4.5.3
• 4.5.4
• 4.5.5
• 4.5.6
• 4.5.7

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