CVE-2020-17496
critical · 9.8Actively exploitedOn the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
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Added 2021-11-03Remediation due 2022-05-03
A public exploit / detection template exists
Weaponised detection is publicly available, which meaningfully raises real-world risk regardless of CVSS. nuclei-templates →
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.
9.8
CVSS
87.7%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
100th
EPSS percentile
2020-08-12
Published
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-74
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| vbulletin | vbulletin | >= 5.5.4, <= 5.6.2 |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
References
- https://blog.exploitee.rs/2020/exploiting-vbulletin-a-tale-of-patch-fail/
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
- https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4445227-vbulletin-5-6-0-5-6-1-5-6-2-security-patch
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5
- https://blog.exploitee.rs/2020/exploiting-vbulletin-a-tale-of-patch-fail/
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
- https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4445227-vbulletin-5-6-0-5-6-1-5-6-2-security-patch
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-17496
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2020-17496