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CVE-2014-2023

44
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-2023 describes multiple critical SQL injection vulnerabilities in the Tapatalk plugin for vBulletin, specifically versions 4.9.0 and earlier, and 5.x through 5.2.1. These flaws allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands through specially crafted XML-RPC API requests to unsubscribe_forum.php or unsubscribe_topic.php. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity, requires no user interaction or privileges, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit for blind SQL injection is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tapatalk:tapatalk:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:vbulletin:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tapatalk:tapatalk:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:vbulletin:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tapatalk:tapatalk:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:vbulletin:*:*
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tapatalk:tapatalk:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:vbulletin:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tapatalk:tapatalk:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:vbulletin:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-35102 · Oct 28, 2014
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0415 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/128854/vBulletin-4.x-Tapatalk-Blind-SQL-Injection.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/57
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2014-2023
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/35102
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/70418
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry