CVE-2008-3184

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-07-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in vBulletin 3.6.10 PL2 and earlier, and 3.7.2 and earlier 3.7.x versions, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the PATH_INFO (PHP_SELF) or (2) the do parameter, as demonstrated by requests to upload/admincp/faq.php. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged to execute arbitrary PHP code.

Affected products

vBulletin: 3.6, 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 3.6.4, 3.6.5 (+11)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30991
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4000
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494049/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30134
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=277945
http://secunia.com/advisories/30991
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4000
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494049/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30134
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=277945

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