CVE-2020-17496

CRITICALCISA KEV

9.8

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published8/12/2020

Last Modified11/7/2025

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorvBulletin

ProductvBulletin

Vulnerability NamevBulletin PHP Module Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2021-11-03

Remediation Due Date2022-05-03

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

vbulletin:vbulletin

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-74CWE-74

References

https://blog.exploitee.rs/2020/exploiting-vbulletin-a-tale-of-patch-fail/(cve@mitre.org)

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4445227-vbulletin-5-6-0-5-6-1-5-6-2-security-patch(cve@mitre.org)

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5(cve@mitre.org)

https://blog.exploitee.rs/2020/exploiting-vbulletin-a-tale-of-patch-fail/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4445227-vbulletin-5-6-0-5-6-1-5-6-2-security-patch(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-17496(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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