Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-6195

Title: Vbulletin Injection (SQLi/OSi)

SQLi

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2016-6195

CWE Category CWE-89
Published Date Aug 30, 2016
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
68.49%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-6195: 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.

Impacted Vendors

J
jelsoft 1
V
vbulletin 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92687 http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=322848 https://enumerated.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/1/ https://github.com/drewlong/vbully http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92687 http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=322848 https://enumerated.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/1/ https://github.com/drewlong/vbully
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-6195 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40751
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.