CVE-2016-6195

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-6195
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-08-30 19:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionSQL injection vulnerability in forumrunner/includes/moderation.php in vBulletin before 4.2.2 Patch Level 5 and 4.2.3 before Patch Level 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the postids parameter to forumrunner/request.php, as exploited in the wild in July 2016.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.684930000 probability, percentile 0.992640000 (date 2026-07-22)

Problem Types: CWE-89 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vbulletin Vbulletin 4.2.3 All All All
Application Vbulletin Vbulletin All patch_level_4 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GitHub - drewlong/vbully: 3.8.x - 4.2.3 ForumRunner (vBulletin) exploit made easy. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Security Update for vBulletin 4 - vBulletin.org Forum af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vbulletin.org Vendor Advisory
vBulletin CVE-2016-6195 SQL Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
vBulletin <= 4.2.3 SQL Injection – enumerated af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 enumerated.wordpress.com Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
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