Jelsoft vBulletin up to 3.0.4 forumdisplay.php comma privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Jelsoft vBulletin 3.0/3.0.1/3.0.2/3.0.3/3.0.4. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file forumdisplay.php. This manipulation of the argument comma causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-0429. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Jelsoft vBulletin 3.0/3.0.1/3.0.2/3.0.3/3.0.4 (Forum Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file forumdisplay.php. The manipulation of the argument comma with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Direct code injection vulnerability in forumdisplay.php in vBulletin 3.0 through 3.0.4, when showforumusers is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute inject arbitrary PHP commands via the comma parameter.

The bug was discovered 02/13/2005. The weakness was disclosed 02/13/2005 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-0429 since 02/15/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:forumdisplay.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16455 (vBulletin forumdisplay.php comma Parameter Arbitrary Command Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19330), Exploit-DB (818), Tenable (16455), SecurityFocus (BID 12542†) and OSVDB (14026†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 16455
Nessus Name: vBulletin forumdisplay.php comma Parameter Arbitrary Command Execution
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OpenVAS ID: 16455
OpenVAS Name: vBulletin Forumdisplay.PHP Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vbulletin.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0429 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0429
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24457
X-Force: 19330
SecurityFocus: 12542 - VBulletin Forumdisplay.PHP Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 14026 - vBulletin forumdisplay.php comma Parameter Arbitrary Command Execution
Vulnerability Center: 7142 - Vbulletin <= 3.0.4 Allows Code Execution via 'forumdisplay.php\x27, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 12/24/2025 11:47
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (79), 05/30/2019 11:45 (3), 12/24/2025 11:47 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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