Jelsoft vBulletin 3.5.4 register.php denial of service ⚔ [Disputed]

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Jelsoft vBulletin 3.5.4. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file register.php. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-4272. There is no available exploit. The actual existence of this vulnerability is currently in question.

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A vulnerability was found in Jelsoft vBulletin 3.5.4 (Forum Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the file register.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

** DISPUTED ** Jelsoft vBulletin 3.5.4 allows remote attackers to register multiple arbitrary users and cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a large number of requests to register.php. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this vulnerability, stating "If you have the CAPTCHA enabled then the registrations wont even go through. ... if you are talking about the flood being allowed in the first place then surely this is something that should be handled at the server level."

The weakness was presented 08/21/2006 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-4272 since 08/21/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. By approaching the search of inurl:register.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-31894 and VDB-31892 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Forum Software

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• Jelsoft

Name

• vBulletin

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• 3.5.4

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.vbulletin.com/

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