vBulletin users have been frantically dealing with issues of security after the software was found to carry a major flaw, inviting the attention of even amateur hackers.
vBulletin is a piece of software that is used to power the vast majority of internet forums and discussion boards on the web. It was originally developed by Jelsoft and vBulletin Solutions, but was sold to Internet Brands in 2007.
On the 13th July 2010 version 3.8.6 of the software was released to customers containing a very dangerous flaw. The flaw allows even unskilled people to hack websites that are running the software and obtain the administrator's username and password for the website.
David Ross, founder of Hexus.net, a technology news and reviews website, said the flaw was a "potential nightmare". "It could allow someone to access all of the user accounts for the site," he said.
Hexus.net, which has 75,000 registered users, updated their site as soon as they were made aware of the flaw.
Internet Brands announced a patch for the problem at 1900 BST on 21 July on its website.
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