CVE-2016-6195

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Published Aug 30, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 70.9% KEV · Not listed

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in forumrunner/includes/moderation.php in vBulletin before 4.2.2 Patch Level 5 and 4.2.3 before Patch Level 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the postids parameter to forumrunner/request.php, as exploited in the wild in July 2016.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vbulletin:vbulletin::patch_level_4::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vbulletin:vbulletin:4.2.3:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 70.9% (70.914% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92687
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=322848
https://enumerated.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/1/
https://github.com/drewlong/vbully

History

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Subscriptions

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Weaknesses

CWE-89

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 1:22 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 30, 2016, 7:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 1:22 AM
Reserved: Jul 11, 2016, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:50 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 30, 2016, 7:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:50 AM

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