THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-6483
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-6483

Vbulletin vulnerability

CVSS
8.6
EPSS
11.9%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
The media-file upload feature in vBulletin before 3.8.7 Patch Level 6, 3.8.8 before Patch Level 2, 3.8.9 before Patch Level 1, 4.x before 4.2.2 Patch Level 6, 4.2.3 before Patch Level 2, 5.x before 5.2.0 Patch Level 3, 5.2.1 before Patch Level 1, and 5.2.2 before Patch Level 1 allows remote attackers to conduct SSRF attacks via a crafted URL that results in a Redirection HTTP status code.
Affected vendor
Vbulletin
Affected product
Vbulletin
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Published
2016-09-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 11.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-6483

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