CVE-2025-48828 Code injection in vBulletin
Attackers can execute arbitrary PHP code by abusing template conditionals in vBulletin, leading to full system compromise.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-48828?
CVE-2025-48828 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Vbulletin Vbulletin, published on 27 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-424
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48828?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vbulletin Vbulletin.
How do I fix CVE-2025-48828?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48828 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2025-48828 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-48828 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 1 Nuclei template and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Vbulletin Vbulletin
- CVE-2020-17496 vBulletin PHP Module Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2019-16759 vBulletin PHP Module Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2025-48827 vBulletin 5.0.0 through 5.7.5 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.3 allows unauthenticated users to invoke protected API controllers' methods when running
- CVE-2023-25135 Deserialization in n/a
- CVE-2020-7373 Code injection in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-58pj-rcxg-3vhg.