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CVE-2016-6195

84
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6195 describes a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the ForumRunner plugin for vBulletin versions before 4.2.2 Patch Level 5 and 4.2.3 Patch Level 1. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the postids parameter in forumrunner/request.php. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability poses a severe risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It was actively exploited in the wild in July 2016, and public exploit code is available, though community discussion and media coverage are low.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vbulletin:vbulletin:*:patch_level_4:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vbulletin:vbulletin:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
68.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2016-6195 · May 31, 2023
ExploitDB: EDB-40751 · Aug 25, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6849 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 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

enumerated.wordpress.com / 2016/07/11/1
Technical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
github.com / drewlong/vbully
securityfocus.com / bid/92687
vbulletin.org / forum/showthread.php
Vendor Advisory