CVE-2020-12720 is a critical access control vulnerability affecting vBulletin versions prior to 5.5.6pl1, 5.6.0pl1, and 5.6.1pl1. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute SQL injection attacks over the network with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit modules are readily available in Metasploit and Nuclei, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation, despite limited public discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.0.0, < 5.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vbulletin:vbulletin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vbulletin:vbulletin:5.5.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vbulletin:vbulletin:5.6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6.1.-CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vbulletin:vbulletin:5.6.1.-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.