CVE-2025-48828 is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting various versions of vBulletin forum software. Attackers can exploit a flaw in the template engine's Template Conditionals by crafting malicious PHP code using alternative function invocation syntax, bypassing security checks. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks requiring high attack complexity but no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The flaw is actively being exploited in the wild, with public exploit modules available in Metasploit and Nuclei, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vbulletin:vbulletin:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.