Jelsoft vBulletin accepts uploads of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and processes them in a way that allows remote authenticated administrator
Jelsoft vBulletin accepts uploads of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and processes them in a way that allows remote authenticated administrators to gain shell access by uploading a CSS file that contains PHP code, then selecting the file via the style chooser, which causes the PHP code to be executed. NOTE: the vendor was unable to reproduce this issue in 3.5.x. NOTE: this issue might be due to direct static code injection.
- Published
- May 11, 2006
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 3.4% · 88th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
27
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 3.4%
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| jelsoft | vbulletin | cpe:2.3:a:jelsoft:vbulletin |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- jelsoft vbulletin3.5.8
Same product
jelsoft: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2005-0511misc.php for vBulletin 3.0.6 and earlier, when "Add Template Name in HTML Comments" is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary41Plan
- CVE-2007-4120Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Jelsoft vBulletin 3.6.5 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL38Monitor
- CVE-2007-2911SQL injection vulnerability in admincp/attachment.php in Jelsoft vBulletin before 3.6.6 allows remote authenticated administrators to execut34Monitor
- CVE-2002-1660calendar.php in vBulletin before 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the command paramet33Monitor
- CVE-2006-4271PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in install/upgrade_301.php in Jelsoft vBulletin 3.5.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary P31Monitor
- CVE-2005-3019Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in vBulletin before 3.0.9 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) reques31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
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Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433580/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433678/100/0/threaded
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26440
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.