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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-9463

functions_vbseo_hook.php in the VBSEO module for vBulletin allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via the HTTP Referer header to visitormessage.php.

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 8.8EPSS 14.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.8%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

functions_vbseo_hook.php in the VBSEO module for vBulletin allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via the HTTP Referer header to visitormessage.php.

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
14.79% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 2 March 2015
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-94
Affected
vbseo/vbseo
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%8%15%21 September 2026: 11.61%22 September 2026: 14.79%26 October 2026: 14.79%21 September 202626 October 2026

EPSS moved from 11.6% on 21 September 2026 to 14.8% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-36232source ↗vBulletin vBSEO 4.x - 'visitormessage.php' Remote Code Injectionphp · Net.Edit0rwebapps2 March 2015yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.