CVE-2020-12720

vBulletin before 5.5.6pl1, 5.6.0 before 5.6.0pl1, and 5.6.1 before 5.6.1pl1 has incorrect access control.

CVSS v3.1 NVD

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

88.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

Nuclei

critical · CWE-306

Published

2020-05-07

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• tijldeneut/Security157★ · 2026-09-28

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-12720.yaml

Metasploit modules (2)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/gather/vbulletin_getindexableco…
• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/vbulletin_getindexabl…

Security advisories

• https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4440…
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157716/vBulletin-5.6.1-SQL-Injection.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157904/vBulletin-5.6.1-SQL-Injection.html
• https://attackerkb.com/topics/RSDAFLik92/cve-2020-12720-vbulletin-incorrect-access-control

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2018-1207
• CVE-2019-6693
• CVE-2020-0688
• CVE-2020-11108
• CVE-2020-3952
• CVE-2021-2109