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FKIE_CVE-2019-16759

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-09-24 22:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:22

Severity

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154623/vBulletin-5.x-0-Day-Pre-Auth-Remote-Command-Execution.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154648/vBulletin-5.x-Pre-Auth-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155633/vBulletin-5.5.4-Remote-Command-Execution.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158829/vBulletin-5.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158830/vBulletin-5.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158866/vBulletin-5.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5	Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/public-exploit-code-spawns-mass-attacks-against-high-severity-vbulletin-bug/	Exploit, Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/31	Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/24/vbulletin_vbug_zeroday/	Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154623/vBulletin-5.x-0-Day-Pre-Auth-Remote-Command-Execution.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154648/vBulletin-5.x-Pre-Auth-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155633/vBulletin-5.5.4-Remote-Command-Execution.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158829/vBulletin-5.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158830/vBulletin-5.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158866/vBulletin-5.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5	Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/public-exploit-code-spawns-mass-attacks-against-high-severity-vbulletin-bug/	Exploit, Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/31	Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/24/vbulletin_vbug_zeroday/	Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-16759	US Government Resource

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	vbulletin	vbulletin	*

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CVE-2019-16759 (GCVE-0-2019-16759)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-09-24 21:01 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:45

Summary

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

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-04 20:04 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

11 references

URL	Tags
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/31	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/24/vbulleti…	x_refsource_MISC
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/20…	x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154623/vBull…	x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154648/vBull…	x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155633/vBull…	x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158830/vBull…	x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158829/vBull…	x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5	mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158866/vBull…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource

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