CVE-2020-17496
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Aug 12, 2020
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Aug 12, 2020
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.
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-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
- https://blog.exploitee.rs/2020/exploiting-vbulletin-a-tale-of-patch-fail/
- https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4445227-vbulletin-5-6-0-5-6-1-5-6-2-security-patch
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-17496government-resource
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