{"cve":"CVE-2025-48828","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-27T04:15:45.033","modified":"2026-06-17T09:30:23.530","status":"Analyzed","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.1},"cwes":["CWE-424"],"references":["https://karmainsecurity.com/dont-call-that-protected-method-vbulletin-rce","https://kevintel.com/CVE-2025-48828","https://blog.kevintel.com/vbulletin-replaceadtemplate-kev/"],"products":["vbulletin:vbulletin"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:57.636215869+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-48828","score":0.57297,"percentile":0.99075,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"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."]}