vBulletin 3.6.5 Released

[Colleen]

Well at least this time there was a longer timespan between releases:

This morning, an exploit was reported, which affects vBulletin versions 3.5.x and 3.6.x. Although the report is inaccurate and the published exploit does not work as claimed unless a highly unlikely set of circumstances exist, it has highlighted a potential security issue in these vBulletin versions.

Therefore, we have decided to release updated versions, these being vBulletin 3.5.8 and 3.6.5. We recommend that all customers running vBulletin 3.5.x or 3.6.x upgrade to the appropriate version or apply the supplied patch as soon as possible.

It is worth noting that in order to exploit the problem highlighted by the report, the attacking user must satisfy the following conditions:

* Must already have moderator privileges
* Must share the same IP address (or the number of IP octets specified in the Admin Control Panel for IP address matching) with an existing administrator who is currently logged in to the Admin Control Panel
* Must know the Alt-IP and user agent (exact browser identification) of the administrator
* OR must know the license number of the site being attacked

Given these requirements, the privilege escalation exploit claimed by the report is almost impossible to achieve.

MORE: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=221905

[Kaos]

If someone is going to those extremes to hack into a forum... its insane! I guess beware of all mods j/k
Good tip though, thanks.

[Colleen]

Real lame people even do that crap, must be kids.

[Saagar]

that's not all, may be for the first time VB team has clearly hinted 3.6.6 is coming before 4.x

I updated my forum sw

[arindra]

it doesnt have any template changes anyway ... so no harm in updating .