{"id":"CVE-2020-12720","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-12720","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T02:08:56.537Z","title":"vBulletin before 5.5.6pl1, 5.6.0 before 5.6.0pl1, and 5.6.1 before 5.6.1pl1 has incorrect access control.","description":"vBulletin before 5.5.6pl1, 5.6.0 before 5.6.0pl1, and 5.6.1 before 5.6.1pl1 has incorrect access control.","published":"2020-05-08T00:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:52:11.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-89","CWE-306"],"affected":["vbulletin/vbulletin"],"epss":{"score":0.88948,"percentile":0.99779,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 88.9%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157716/vBulletin-5.6.1-SQL-Injection.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157904/vBulletin-5.6.1-SQL-Injection.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://attackerkb.com/topics/RSDAFLik92/cve-2020-12720-vbulletin-incorrect-access-control","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4440032-vbulletin-5-6-1-security-patch-level-1","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157716/vBulletin-5.6.1-SQL-Injection.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157904/vBulletin-5.6.1-SQL-Injection.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://attackerkb.com/topics/RSDAFLik92/cve-2020-12720-vbulletin-incorrect-access-control","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4440032-vbulletin-5-6-1-security-patch-level-1","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12720","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."}