CVE-2019-16759
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Sep 24, 2019
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 24, 2019
Description
vBulletin 5.x through 5.5.4 allows remote command execution via the widgetConfig[code] parameter in an ajax/render/widget_php routestring request.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/31
- https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/24/vbulletin_vbug_zeroday/
- https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/public-exploit-code-spawns-mass-attacks-against-high-severity-vbulletin-bug/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154623/vBulletin-5.x-0-Day-Pre-Auth-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154648/vBulletin-5.x-Pre-Auth-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155633/vBulletin-5.5.4-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158830/vBulletin-5.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158829/vBulletin-5.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- 20200811 Remote Code Execution 0day in vBulletin 5.xmailing-list
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158866/vBulletin-5.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-16759government-resource
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