CVE-2011-5251
What it is
Open redirect vulnerability in forum/login.php in vBulletin 4.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via the url parameter in a lostpw action.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.8 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-20 · Improper input validation
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Vbulletin ≤ 4.1.3
- Vbulletin 4.0.0
- Vbulletin 4.0.1
- Vbulletin 4.0.2
- Vbulletin 4.0.3
- Vbulletin 4.0.4
- Vbulletin 4.0.5
- Vbulletin 4.0.6
Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 5.8
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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