vBulletin PHP Module Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2021-11-03
Federal due date
2022-05-03
Vendor
vBulletin
Product
vBulletin
EPSS
100.0th percentile (score 0.944, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16759

CISA short description

The PHP module within vBulletin contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for remote code execution via the widgetConfig[code] parameter in an ajax/render/widget_php routestring request.

Required action

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EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.