Description
vBulletin 5.0.0 through 5.7.5 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.3 allows unauthenticated users to invoke protected API controllers' methods when running on PHP 8.1 or later, as demonstrated by the /api.php?method=protectedMethod pattern, as exploited in the wild in May 2025.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- network
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- none
- User Action
- none
- Scope
- changed
- Confidentiality
- high
- Integrity
- high
- Availability
- high
- Weaknesses
- CWE-424
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- VBULLETIN
- Published
- 5/27/2025
- Last Modified
- 6/25/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
vbulletin : vbulletinvbulletin : vbulletin
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