CVE-2025-48827
CRITICAL 10.0EPSS 75.8%
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.
- CVSS v3.1
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.1
- 10.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 75.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile
- Nuclei
- critical · CWE-424
- Published
- 2025-05-27
Proof-of-concept exploits (4)
- https://karmainsecurity.com/dont-call-that-protected-method-vbulletin-rce
- 0xgh057r3c0n/CVE-2025-4882711★ · 2025-05-29
- wiseep/CVE-2025-488270★ · 2025-05-31
- sh4den/CVE-2025-48827