# 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 auth

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-01-02 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99472
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129619/vBulletin-Moderator-Control-Panel-4.2.2-CSRF.html
- https://rstforums.com/forum/88810-csrf-vbulletin-modcp.rst

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