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CVE-2020-17496

CRITICAL
9.8CVSS
Published: 2020-08-12
Updated: 2025-11-07
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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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/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-74CWE-74

Metadata

Primary Vendor
VBULLETIN
Published
8/12/2020
Last Modified
11/7/2025
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

vbulletin : vbulletin

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