{"id":"CVE-2016-6195","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-6195","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T05:18:51.467Z","title":"SQL injection vulnerability in forumrunner/includes/moderation.php in vBulletin before 4.2.2 Patch Level 5 and 4.2.3 before Patch Level 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the postids parameter to forumrunner/request.php, as…","description":"SQL injection vulnerability in forumrunner/includes/moderation.php in vBulletin before 4.2.2 Patch Level 5 and 4.2.3 before Patch Level 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the postids parameter to forumrunner/request.php, as exploited in the wild in July 2016.","published":"2016-08-30T19:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:50:37.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-89"],"affected":["vbulletin/vbulletin"],"epss":{"score":0.70914,"percentile":0.99403,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.35666,"percentile":0.98433},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.68493,"percentile":0.99303},{"date":"2026-10-29","score":0.70914,"percentile":0.99399}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2015-08-25","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":40751,"kind":"exploit","title":"vBulletin 3.6.0 < 4.2.3 - 'ForumRunner' SQL Injection","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40751","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/40751.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/40751.txt","published":"2015-08-25","added":"2016-11-10","updated":"2017-07-29","author":"Manish Tanwar","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2016-6195"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 70.9%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.68493,"from":0.35666,"percentile":0.99303},"summary":"EPSS moved from 35.7% to 68.5% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."},{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.35666,"from":0.68493,"percentile":0.98433},"summary":"EPSS moved from 68.5% to 35.7% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92687","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=322848","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://enumerated.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/1/","tags":["Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/drewlong/vbully","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92687","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=322848","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://enumerated.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/1/","tags":["Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/drewlong/vbully","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6195","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}