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CRITICAL
CVE-2020-7373
vBulletin Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 30, 2020, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 21, 2021, 11:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-7373 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-7373 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Vbulletin vbulletin
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-7373.

URL Resource
https://blog.exploitee.rs/2020/exploiting-vbulletin-a-tale-of-patch-fail/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4445227-vbulletin-5-6-0-5-6-1-5-6-2-security-patch Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/13970 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Very loud vBulletin exploit

Python

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
14 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : Aug. 10, 2020, 11:16 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-7373 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-7373 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-77 CWE-94
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 12, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.exploitee.rs/2020/exploiting-vbulletin-a-tale-of-patch-fail/ No Types Assigned https://blog.exploitee.rs/2020/exploiting-vbulletin-a-tale-of-patch-fail/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4445227-vbulletin-5-6-0-5-6-1-5-6-2-security-patch No Types Assigned https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4445227-vbulletin-5-6-0-5-6-1-5-6-2-security-patch Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/13970 No Types Assigned https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/13970 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-77
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vbulletin:vbulletin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5.4 up to (including) 5.6.2
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

79.25 }} -0.02%

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0.98297

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