CVE-2017-7569 is a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability affecting vBulletin versions prior to 5.3.0, allowing remote attackers to bypass a previous patch (CVE-2016-6483) by exploiting PHP's parse_url function. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.6, indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on integrity without requiring user interaction or privileges. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vbulletin:vbulletin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.