Check Point Advisories

Vanilla Forums SQL Injection (CVE-2013-3527)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-0786
Date Published:	28 Jun 2020
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Sunday 28 June, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2013-3527
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Vanilla Forums prior to 2.0.18.8
Vulnerability Description	An SQL injection vulnerability exists in Vanilla Forums. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Vanilla Forums SQL Injection (CVE-2013-3527) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Vanilla Forums SQL Injection (CVE-2013-3527)