CVE-2016-6483

Severity: high (CVSS 8.6 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-09-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-918

Description

The media-file upload feature in vBulletin before 3.8.7 Patch Level 6, 3.8.8 before Patch Level 2, 3.8.9 before Patch Level 1, 4.x before 4.2.2 Patch Level 6, 4.2.3 before Patch Level 2, 5.x before 5.2.0 Patch Level 3, 5.2.1 before Patch Level 1, and 5.2.2 before Patch Level 1 allows remote attackers to conduct SSRF attacks via a crafted URL that results in a Redirection HTTP status code.

Affected products

vBulletin: 3.8.7, 3.8.8, 3.8.9, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 5.2.0 (+2)

References

http://legalhackers.com/advisories/vBulletin-SSRF-Vulnerability-Exploit.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92350
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036553
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4349548-security-patch-vbulletin-3-8-7-3-8-8-3-8-9-3-8-10-beta
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4349549-security-patch-vbulletin-4-2-2-4-2-3-4-2-4-beta
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4349551-security-patch-vbulletin-5-2-0-5-2-1-5-2-2
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40225/
http://legalhackers.com/advisories/vBulletin-SSRF-Vulnerability-Exploit.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92350
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036553
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4349548-security-patch-vbulletin-3-8-7-3-8-8-3-8-9-3-8-10-beta
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4349549-security-patch-vbulletin-4-2-2-4-2-3-4-2-4-beta

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