# CVE-2025-48827

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2025-48827
- **Severity:** CRITICAL
- **CVSS Score:** 10 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- **CWE:** CWE-424
- **Published:** May 27, 2025
- **Last Modified:** Mar 13, 2026

## Description

vBulletin 5.0.0 through 5.7.5 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.3 allows unauthenticated users to invoke protected API controllers' methods when running on PHP 8.1 or later, as demonstrated by the /api.php?method=protectedMethod pattern, as exploited in the wild in May 2025.

## Affected Products

- vBulletin — vBulletin (5.0.0)
- vBulletin — vBulletin (6.0.0)

## References

- [CNA](https://karmainsecurity.com/dont-call-that-protected-method-vbulletin-rce)
- [CNA](https://kevintel.com/CVE-2025-48827)
- [CISA-ADP](https://blog.kevintel.com/vbulletin-replaceadtemplate-kev/)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 75.84%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 99.5

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-10._