MyBB 1.00/1.01 Themes admin/moderate.php sql injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in MyBB 1.00/1.01. Impacted is an unknown function of the file admin/moderate.php of the component Themes. The manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-0218. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in MyBB 1.00/1.01 (Content Management System) and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the file admin/moderate.php of the component Themes. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in MyBulletinBoard (MyBB) before 1.0.2 have unspecified impact and attack vectors, related to (1) admin/moderate.php, (2) admin/themes.php, (3) inc/functions.php, (4) inc/functions_upload.php, (5) printthread.php, and (6) usercp.php, and probably related to SQL injection. NOTE: it is likely that this issue subsumes CVE-2005-4602 and CVE-2005-4603. However, since the vendor advisory is vague and additional files are mentioned, is is likely that this contains at least one distinct vulnerability from CVE-2005-4602 and CVE-2005-4603.

The weakness was shared 01/16/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at community.mybboard.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-0218 since 01/16/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/17/2018). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:admin/moderate.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Content Management System

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• MyBB

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• 1.00
• 1.01

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• open-source

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• Product: https://mybb.com/

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