Unscored severity · published Jan 2, 2015
CVE-2014-9438
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Moderator Control Panel in vBulletin 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for…
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CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Moderator Control Panel in vBulletin 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) ban a user via the username parameter in a dobanuser action to modcp/banning.php or (2) unban a user, (3) modify user profiles, edit a (4) post or (5) topic, or approve a (6) post or (7) topic via unspecified vectors.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VB
Vbulletin · Vbulletin
4.2.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9438
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9438
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129619/vBulletin-Moderator-Control-Panel-4.2.2-CSRF.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99472
Exploit
https://rstforums.com/forum/88810-csrf-vbulletin-modcp.rst
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