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.
CVE-2005-3020
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 76.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 21, 2005
Last Modified
April 16, 2026
References (10)
- cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112715150320677&w=2
- cve@mitrehttp://morph3us.org/advisories/20050917-vbulletin-3.0.8.txt
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/16873/
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14874
- cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22324
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112715150320677&w=2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://morph3us.org/advisories/20050917-vbulletin-3.0.8.txt
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/16873/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14874
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22324
Data Freshness Timeline
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Publicly available exploits
(6 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (6 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-26278✓ verifiedFirst seen Sep 19, 2005
vBulletin 1.0.1 lite/2.x/3.0 - '/admincp/css.php?group' Cross-Site Scripting
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-26279✓ verifiedFirst seen Sep 19, 2005
vBulletin 1.0.1 lite/2.x/3.0 - '/admincp/index.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-26281✓ verifiedFirst seen Sep 19, 2005
vBulletin 1.0.1 lite/2.x/3.0 - '/admincp/language.php?goto' Cross-Site Scripting
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-26282✓ verifiedFirst seen Sep 19, 2005
vBulletin 1.0.1 lite/2.x/3.0 - '/admincp/modlog.php?orderby' Cross-Site Scripting
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-26283✓ verifiedFirst seen Sep 19, 2005
vBulletin 1.0.1 lite/2.x/3.0 - '/admincp/template.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-26280✓ verifiedFirst seen Sep 19, 2005
vBulletin 1.0.1 lite/2.x/3.0 - '/admincp/user.php?email' Cross-Site Scripting
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