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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2005-3020 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in vBulletin before 3.0.9 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML…

published 2005-09-21 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-3020

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
6
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in vBulletin before 3.0.9 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) group parameter to css.php, (2) redirect parameter to index.php, (3) email parameter to user.php, (4) goto parameter to language.php, (5) orderby parameter to modlog.php, and the (6) hex, (7) rgb, or (8) expandset parameter to template.php.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-26283)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-26283 vBulletin 1.0.1 lite/2.x/3.0 - '/admincp/template.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities webapps, 2005-09-19
  • EDB-26282 vBulletin 1.0.1 lite/2.x/3.0 - '/admincp/modlog.php?orderby' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2005-09-19
  • EDB-26281 vBulletin 1.0.1 lite/2.x/3.0 - '/admincp/language.php?goto' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2005-09-19
  • EDB-26280 vBulletin 1.0.1 lite/2.x/3.0 - '/admincp/user.php?email' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2005-09-19
  • EDB-26279 vBulletin 1.0.1 lite/2.x/3.0 - '/admincp/index.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities webapps, 2005-09-19
  • EDB-26278 vBulletin 1.0.1 lite/2.x/3.0 - '/admincp/css.php?group' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2005-09-19
  • morph3us.org http://morph3us.org/advisories/20050917-vbulletin-3.0.8.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14874 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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