Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 14, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-17671
CVE-2017-17671
Description
vBulletin through 5.3.x on Windows allows remote PHP code execution because a require_once call is reachable with an unauthenticated request that can include directory traversal sequences to specify an arbitrary pathname, and because ../ traversal is blocked but ..\ traversal is not blocked. For example, an attacker can make an invalid HTTP request containing PHP code, and then make an index.php?routestring= request with enough instances of ".." to reach an Apache HTTP Server log file.
Patches
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Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3569nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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