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CVE-2020-12720

vBulletin before 5.5.6pl1, 5.6.0 before 5.6.0pl1, and 5.6.1 before 5.6.1pl1 has incorrect access control.

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
May 07, 2020
Published Date
May 07, 2020
Last Updated
August 04, 2024
Vendor
vBulletin
Product
vBulletin
Description
vBulletin before 5.5.6pl1, 5.6.0 before 5.6.0pl1, and 5.6.1 before 5.6.1pl1 has incorrect access control.
Tags
nuclei_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.8 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.5

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

EPSS Score

Score
93.82% (Percentile: 99.85%) as of 2025-07-17

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2025-06-25 00:00:00 UTC) Source

References

https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4440032-vbulletin-5-6-1-security-patch-level-1 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157716/vBulletin-5.6.1-SQL-Injection.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157904/vBulletin-5.6.1-SQL-Injection.html https://attackerkb.com/topics/RSDAFLik92/cve-2020-12720-vbulletin-incorrect-access-control

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
The Shadowserver (via CIRCL) 2025-06-26 12:00:23 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/vbulletin_getindexablecontent.rb 2025-04-29 11:01:24 UTC
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-12720.yaml 2025-04-26 00:00:00 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

vbulletin_getindexablecontent

Type: metasploit • Created: Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2020-12720

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • Detected by Metasploit

  • Added to KEVIntel