CVE-2020-7373

CRITICAL IN THE WILD

vBulletin 5.5.4-5.6.2 - Remote Code Execution via Widget TabbedContainer AJAX Request

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2020-7373 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by InTheWild.io).

Description

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. ALSO NOTE: CVE-2020-7373 is a duplicate of CVE-2020-17496. CVE-2020-17496 is the preferred CVE ID to track this vulnerability.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://blog.exploitee.rs/2020/exploiting-vbulletin-a-tale-of-patch-fail/

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4445227-vbulletin-5-6-0-5-6-1-5-6-2-security-patch

Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5

Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/13970

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.4603

EPSS Percentile 98.7%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

InTheWild.io 2020-08-10

CWE

CWE-94

Status published

Products (1)

vbulletin/vbulletin 5.5.4 - 5.6.2

Published Oct 30, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026