CVE-2001-0475

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-06-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

index.php in Jelsoft vBulletin does not properly initialize a PHP variable that is used to store template information, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via special characters in the templatecache parameter.

Affected products

Jelsoft Vbulletin: through 1.1.5; through 2.0_beta_2

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0180.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2474
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?s=b20af207b5b908ecf7a4ecf56fbe3cd3&threadid=10839
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6237
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0180.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2474
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?s=b20af207b5b908ecf7a4ecf56fbe3cd3&threadid=10839
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6237

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