CVE-2025-48828 (GCVE-0-2025-48828)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-27 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-27 18:04
VLAI KEVintel KEV
Summary
Certain vBulletin versions might allow attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by abusing Template Conditionals in the template engine. By crafting template code in an alternative PHP function invocation syntax, such as the "var_dump"("test") syntax, attackers can bypass security checks and execute arbitrary PHP code, as exploited in the wild in May 2025.
Severity
9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-424 - Improper Protection of Alternate Path
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vBulletin vBulletin Affected: 6.0.3 (custom)
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KEVintel KEV
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 2d31ebc0-d2fe-4331-8318-4414562690da

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2025-48828

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2025-05-27 12:00 UTC

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps
First Seen: 2025-05-27
Asserted: 2025-05-27
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: Certain vBulletin versions might allow attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by abusing Template Conditionals in the template engine. By crafting... | Affected: vBulletin / vBulletin | CVSS: 9.0 (CRITICAL) | EPSS: 0.48358 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: True
Evidence

Type: Public Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 70%

Source: kevintel

Details
Feed KEVIntel (kevintel.com)
Title Certain vBulletin versions might allow attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by abusing Template Conditionals in the template engine. By crafting...
Vendor vBulletin
Product vBulletin
Added Date 2025-05-27T12:00:00.000Z
Cvss Score 9.0
Epss Score 0.48358
Cvss Severity CRITICAL
Epss Percentile 0.98717
Used In Malware unknown
Ahead Of Cisa Kev None
Not Yet In Cisa Kev True
References
Created: 2026-06-19 12:46 UTC | Updated: 2026-06-19 12:46 UTC
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