vBulletin < 6.2.2 Eval Injection RCE via vb5/template/runtime.php

vBulletin 5.x through 5.7.5 and 6.x through 6.2.1 contains an eval injection vulnerability in the vB5_Template_Runtime::runMaths() method within the template runtime that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by supplying crafted input through the pagenav[pagenumber] parameter. Attackers can exploit the insufficiently restrictive regex filter by using phpfuck-style encoding with permitted characters to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code via the unauthenticated ajax/render template route without any authentication.

vBulletin Login cross site scripting

A vulnerability was found in vBulletin 6.x. This impacts an unknown function of the component Login. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. VulDB is withholding an extended redistribution of exploit details to prevent simplified exploitation. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in vBulletin 3.6.10 PL2 and earlier, and 3.7.2 and earlier 3.7.x versions, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the PATH_INFO (PHP_SELF) or (2) the do parameter, as demonstrated by requests to upload/admincp/faq.php. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged to execute arbitrary PHP code.

SQL injection vulnerability in faq.php in vBulletin 3.7.0 Gold allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the q parameter in a search action.

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in vBulletin 3.7.4 allow remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) answer parameter to admincp/verify.php, (2) extension parameter in an edit action to admincp/attachmentpermission.php, and the (3) iperm parameter to admincp/image.php.

SQL injection vulnerability in admincp/admincalendar.php in vBulletin 3.7.3.pl1 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the holidayinfo[recurring] parameter, a different vector than CVE-2005-3022.

SQL injection vulnerability in VBGooglemap Hotspot Edition 1.0.3, a vBulletin module, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the mapid parameter in a showdetails action to (1) vbgooglemaphse.php and (2) mapa.php.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in vBulletin 3.7.2 PL1 and 3.6.10 PL3, when "Show New Private Message Notification Pop-Up" is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a private message subject (aka newpm[title]).

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in vBulletin 3.6.10 and 3.7.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown vectors and an "obscure method." NOTE: the vector is probably in the redirect parameter to the Admin Control Panel (admincp/index.php).

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.

vBulletin 5.x through 5.5.4 allows remote command execution via the widgetConfig[code] parameter in an ajax/render/widget_php routestring request.

vBulletin 3.8.7 is vulnerable to a denial-of-service condition via the misc.php?do=buddylist endpoint. If an authenticated user has a sufficiently large buddy list, processing the list can consume excessive memory, exhausting system resources and crashing the forum.

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.

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.

functions_vbseo_hook.php in the VBSEO module for vBulletin allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via the HTTP Referer header to visitormessage.php.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in vBulletin 3.5.4, 3.6.0, 3.6.7, 3.8.7, 4.2.2, 5.0.5, and 5.1.3.

vBulletin through 5.3.x on Windows allows remote PHP code execution because a require_once call is reachable with an unauthenticated request that can include directory traversal sequences to specify an arbitrary pathname, and because ../ traversal is blocked but ..\ traversal is not blocked. For example, an attacker can make an invalid HTTP request containing PHP code, and then make an index.php?routestring= request with enough instances of ".." to reach an Apache HTTP Server log file.

In vBulletin through 5.3.x, there is an unauthenticated deserialization vulnerability that leads to arbitrary file deletion and, under certain circumstances, code execution, because of unsafe usage of PHP's unserialize() in vB_Library_Template's cacheTemplates() function, which is a publicly exposed API. This is exploited with the templateidlist parameter to ajax/api/template/cacheTemplates.

vBulletin 5.x through 5.1.6 allows remote authenticated users to bypass authorization checks and inject private messages into conversations via vectors related to an input validation failure.

In vBulletin before 5.3.0, remote attackers can bypass the CVE-2016-6483 patch and conduct SSRF attacks by leveraging the behavior of the PHP parse_url function, aka VBV-17037.