CVE-2025-48828

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

57.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-05-27 00:00Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-05-27 18:04Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2025-05-27

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.0)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-424Improper Protection of Alternate PathClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

24ff3fde4f5920c557fe0c3f2b091199253065da396ccd543cead15805f66f5e

• karmainsecurity.comhttps://karmainsecurity.com/dont-call-that-protected-method-vbulletin-rce
• kevintel.comhttps://kevintel.com/CVE-2025-48828
• blog.kevintel.comhttps://blog.kevintel.com/vbulletin-replaceadtemplate-kev/exploit