Critical severity9.0NVD Advisory· Published May 27, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-48828
CVE-2025-48828
Description
Certain vBulletin versions might allow attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by abusing Template Conditionals in the template engine. By crafting template code in an alternative PHP function invocation syntax, such as the "var_dump"("test") syntax, attackers can bypass security checks and execute arbitrary PHP code, as exploited in the wild in May 2025.
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Affected products
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References
3- karmainsecurity.com/dont-call-that-protected-method-vbulletin-rcenvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- kevintel.com/CVE-2025-48828nvdThird Party Advisory
- blog.kevintel.com/vbulletin-replaceadtemplate-kev/nvdBroken Link
News mentions
1- Public Exploit Released for Patched vBulletin Pre-Auth Code Execution FlawThe Hacker News · Jul 27, 2026