vBulletin Vulnerabilities: When Forums Become Hackers’ Playground!
VBulletin’s open-source forum software is in the hot seat with two critical vulnerabilities, one actively exploited. These flaws, tracked as CVE-2025-48827 and CVE-2025-48828, could turn your server into a hacker’s playground. Admins, it’s time to update your software before your forum becomes a hacker’s new favorite hangout!
Hot Take:
Looks like vBulletin is living up to its name by turning forum admins into actual bulletins — warning everyone about the latest vulnerabilities! Who knew hosting an online community could turn into a real-world game of Hackerman? Time for vBulletin to patch up those forum forts before they become cyber ghost towns!
Key Points:
- vBulletin is hit by two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2025-48827 and CVE-2025-48828, affecting versions 5.0.0 to 6.0.3.
- Exploits involve API method invocation and remote code execution (RCE) due to PHP 8.1 behavioral changes.
- Patches were released last year, but many sites remain vulnerable due to lack of updates.
- Security researchers have observed active exploit attempts for CVE-2025-48827.
- Forum administrators urged to upgrade to vBulletin version 6.1.1 to avoid these vulnerabilities.
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