Unrated severityCISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Aug 12, 2020· Updated Oct 21, 2025
CVE-2020-17496
CVE-2020-17496
Description
vBulletin 5.5.4 through 5.6.2 allows remote command execution via crafted subWidgets data in an ajax/render/widget_tabbedcontainer_tab_panel request. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-16759.
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Affected products
2- vBulletin/vBulletindescription
Patches
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References
4- blog.exploitee.rs/2020/exploiting-vbulletin-a-tale-of-patch-fail/mitrex_refsource_MISC
- cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4445227-vbulletin-5-6-0-5-6-1-5-6-2-security-patchmitrex_refsource_MISC
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5mitrex_refsource_MISC
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