The vB_Api_Hook::decodeArguments method in vBulletin 5 Connect 5.1.2 through 5.1.9 allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection…

Description

The vB_Api_Hook::decodeArguments method in vBulletin 5 Connect 5.1.2 through 5.1.9 allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted serialized object in the arguments parameter to ajax/api/hook/decodeArguments.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

80.6% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (6)

• 38629 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• http://pastie.org/pastes/10527766/text?key=wq1hgkcj4afb9ipqzllsq (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134331/vBulletin-5.1.2-Unserialize-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/11/vbulletin-exploits-in-the-wild.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://blog.checkpoint.com/2015/11/05/check-point-discovers-critical-vbulletin-0-day/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/multi/http/vbulletin_unserialize (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 07:58 UTC.