fkie_cve-2025-48827
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-05-27 04:15
Modified
2025-06-25 16:46
Severity ?
10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
vBulletin 5.0.0 through 5.7.5 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.3 allows unauthenticated users to invoke protected API controllers' methods when running on PHP 8.1 or later, as demonstrated by the /api.php?method=protectedMethod pattern, as exploited in the wild in May 2025.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://karmainsecurity.com/dont-call-that-protected-method-vbulletin-rceExploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://kevintel.com/CVE-2025-48827Third Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://blog.kevintel.com/vbulletin-replaceadtemplate-kev/Broken Link
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vbulletin vbulletin *
vbulletin vbulletin *


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  "lastModified": "2025-06-25T16:46:46.703",
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