{
    "id": "CVE-2019-16759",
    "published": "2019-09-24 22:15:13",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 02:22:44",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-94",
    "description": "vBulletin 5.x through 5.5.4 allows remote command execution via the widgetConfig[code] parameter in an ajax/render/widget_php routestring request.",
    "epss_score": "0.99728",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99952",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2022-05-03",
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:24:49",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-05-03."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "vbulletin",
            "product": "vbulletin"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2019-16759",
        "date_added": "2021-11-03",
        "due_date": "2022-05-03",
        "vendor": "vBulletin",
        "product": "vBulletin",
        "name": "vBulletin PHP Module Remote Code Execution Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "47437",
            "title": "vBulletin 5.x - Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2019-09-30",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47437"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "47447",
            "title": "vBulletin 5.0 < 5.5.4 - 'widget_php ' Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution",
            "date": "2019-09-23",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47447"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154623/vBulletin-5.x-0-Day-Pre-Auth-Remote-Command-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154648/vBulletin-5.x-Pre-Auth-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155633/vBulletin-5.5.4-Remote-Command-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158829/vBulletin-5.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158830/vBulletin-5.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158866/vBulletin-5.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5",
        "https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/public-exploit-code-spawns-mass-attacks-against-high-severity-vbulletin-bug/",
        "https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/31",
        "https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/24/vbulletin_vbug_zeroday/",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154623/vBulletin-5.x-0-Day-Pre-Auth-Remote-Command-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154648/vBulletin-5.x-Pre-Auth-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155633/vBulletin-5.5.4-Remote-Command-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158829/vBulletin-5.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158830/vBulletin-5.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158866/vBulletin-5.x-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/5",
        "https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/public-exploit-code-spawns-mass-attacks-against-high-severity-vbulletin-bug/",
        "https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/31",
        "https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/09/24/vbulletin_vbug_zeroday/",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-16759"
    ]
}