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ghsa-58pj-rcxg-3vhg

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-05-27 06:30

Modified

2025-05-27 18:30

Severity ?

9.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

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.

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  "modified": "2025-05-27T18:30:49Z",
  "published": "2025-05-27T06:30:34Z",
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      "url": "https://blog.kevintel.com/vbulletin-replaceadtemplate-kev"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://karmainsecurity.com/dont-call-that-protected-method-vbulletin-rce"
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CVE-2025-48828 (GCVE-0-2025-48828)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-05-27 00:00

Modified

2025-05-27 18:04

Severity ?

9.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-424 - Improper Protection of Alternate Path

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://karmainsecurity.com/dont-call-that-protected-method-vbulletin-rce
	https://kevintel.com/CVE-2025-48828

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	vBulletin	vBulletin	Version: 6.0.3 <

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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