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CVE-2013-6129 is a vulnerability in vBulletin versions 4.1 and 5, specifically in the install/upgrade.php scripts. The flaw allows remote attackers to create administrative accounts by supplying crafted values to the customerid, htmldata[password], htmldata[confirmpassword], and htmldata[email] parameters. This vulnerability was actively exploited in the wild in October 2013.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit auxiliary module (modules/auxiliary/admin/http/vbulletin_upgrade_admin.rb) that exploits a vulnerability in vBulletin (CVE-2013-6129) affecting versions 4.1+ and 4.5+. The module abuses the 'install/upgrade.php' component to create a new administrator account with attacker-supplied credentials. The exploit works by sending a specially crafted POST request to the '/install/upgrade.php' endpoint with parameters that trigger the creation of a new admin user. The module requires the attacker to specify the target URI, username, password, and email for the new account. If successful, the module reports the creation of the new admin account and stores the credentials. The code is written in Ruby and is designed to be run within the Metasploit framework. The repository is operational and provides a working exploit for the targeted vulnerability.
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