Paper/Archive/CVE-2025-48828

CVE-2025-48828

vBulletin vBulletin — Certain vBulletin versions might allow attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by abusing Template Conditionals in the template engine.

Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
vBulletin6.0.3–CNA

Scores by source

mitre (CNA)9.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

refkarmainsecurity.com/dont-call-that-protected-method-vbulletin-rcerefkevintel.com/CVE-2025-48828exploitblog.kevintel.com/vbulletin-replaceadtemplate-kev