SQL injection vulnerability in index.php/ajax/api/reputation/vote in vBulletin 5.0.0 Beta 11, 5.0.0 Beta 28, and earlier allows remote auth…

published 2013-05-10 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2013-3457

cvss: 6.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 27.1%; EPSS 27.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits: 4; Metasploit, Exploit-DB

SQL injection vulnerability in index.php/ajax/api/reputation/vote in vBulletin 5.0.0 Beta 11, 5.0.0 Beta 28, and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the nodeid parameter.

Timeline

2013-03-24 First public exploit (Metasploit auxiliary/gather/vbulletin_vote_sqli)
2013-05-10 Published

Exploit prediction

27.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/vbulletin_vote_sqli_exec vBulletin index.php/ajax/api/reputation/vote nodeid Parameter SQL Injection metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2013-03-25
Metasploit auxiliary/gather/vbulletin_vote_sqli vBulletin Password Collector via nodeid SQL Injection metasploit auxiliary, normal rank, 2013-03-24
EDB-30212 vBulletin 5 - 'index.php/ajax/api/reputation/vote?nodeid' SQL Injection (Metasploit) remote, 2013-12-11
EDB-24882 vBulletin 5.0.0 Beta 11 < 5.0.0 Beta 28 - SQL Injection webapps, 2013-03-25

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/24882
exploit
osvdb.org /92031
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-3522
NVD CVE-2013-3522

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Summary