Vulnerability Report

CVE-2025-48828

Title: Vbulletin

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2025-48828

CWE Category CWE-424
Published Date May 27, 2025
Modified Date Jun 25, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 9.0 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
60.79%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-48828: Certain vBulletin versions might allow attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by abusing Template Conditionals in the template engine. By crafting template code in an alternative PHP function invocation syntax, such as the "var_dump"("test") syntax, attackers can bypass security checks and execute arbitrary PHP code, 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-2025-48828 https://blog.kevintel.com/vbulletin-replaceadtemplate-kev/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.0
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2025-48828 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/peiqiF4ck/WebFrameworkTools-5.5-enhance
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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 HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.