{"cve":"CVE-2020-17496","nvd":{"published":"2020-08-12T14:15:13.017","modified":"2026-06-17T02:59:01.170","status":"Analyzed","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-74"],"references":["https://blog.exploitee.rs/2020/exploiting-vbulletin-a-tale-of-patch-fail/","https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html","https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4445227-vbulletin-5-6-0-5-6-1-5-6-2-security-patch","https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5","https://blog.exploitee.rs/2020/exploiting-vbulletin-a-tale-of-patch-fail/"],"products":["vbulletin:vbulletin"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:09:20.498348299+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-17496","score":0.87478,"percentile":0.99757,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":{"cve":"CVE-2020-17496","date_added":"2021-11-03","due_date":"2022-05-03","vendor":"vBulletin","product":"vBulletin","known_ransomware":false},"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}