Vulnerability Report

CVE-2025-48827

Title: Vbulletin

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2025-48827

CWE Category CWE-424
Published Date May 27, 2025
Modified Date Jun 25, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 10.0 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
77.68%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-48827: 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.

Impacted Vendors

J
jelsoft 1
V
vbulletin 1

Reference Links

https://karmainsecurity.com/dont-call-that-protected-method-vbulletin-rce https://kevintel.com/CVE-2025-48827 https://blog.kevintel.com/vbulletin-replaceadtemplate-kev/
CVSS v3.1
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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
10.0
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2025-48827 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/peiqiF4ck/WebFrameworkTools-5.5-enhance
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GitHub https://github.com/0xgh057r3c0n/CVE-2025-48827
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GitHub https://github.com/wiseep/CVE-2025-48827
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.