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...
- Published
- May 27, 2025
- Updated
- May 27, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.5%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
3- CVE-2025-48827Exploit
Critical Unauthenticated API Access in vBulletin
- CVE-2025-48827Exploit
Vbullettin RCE - CVE-2025-48827
- CVE-2025-48827Exploit
This repository contains a proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2025-48827, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting vBulletin 5.0.0–5.7.5 and 6.0.0–6.0.3 when running on PHP 8.1 or later. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to invoke protected API methods remotely.
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