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CVE-2016-6195

CRITICAL
9.8CVSS
Published: 2016-08-30
Updated: 2025-04-12
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Description

SQL injection vulnerability in forumrunner/includes/moderation.php in vBulletin before 4.2.2 Patch Level 5 and 4.2.3 before Patch Level 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the postids parameter to forumrunner/request.php, as exploited in the wild in July 2016.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-89

Metadata

Primary Vendor
VBULLETIN
Published
8/30/2016
Last Modified
4/12/2025
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

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