CVE-2020-17496 (GCVE-0-2020-17496)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-08-12 13:07
Modified
2025-10-21 23:35
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
vBulletin 5.5.4 through 5.6.2 allows remote command execution via crafted subWidgets data in an ajax/render/widget_tabbedcontainer_tab_panel request. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-16759.
References
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Date added: 2021-11-03
Due date: 2022-05-03
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Used in ransomware: Unknown
Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17496
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