VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-48828

CVSS score9 CRITICAL
EPSS probability57.30%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-05-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Certain vBulletin versions might allow attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by abusing Template Conditionals in the template engine. By crafting template code in an alternative PHP function invocation syntax, such as the "var_dump"("test") syntax, attackers can bypass security checks and execute arbitrary PHP code, as exploited in the wild in May 2025.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-424: Improper Protection of Alternate Path

Primary references