CVEs / CVE-2016-6195
CVE-2016-6195: n/a n/a vulnerability
- critical 9.8 CVSS 3.0 (NVD)
- EPSS 70.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (1 Nov 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Description
SQL injection vulnerability in forumrunner/includes/moderation.php in vBulletin before 4.2.2 Patch Level 5 and 4.2.3 before Patch Level 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the postids parameter to forumrunner/request.php, as exploited in the wild in July 2016.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
Exploitation
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 30 Oct 2026.
Severity
| CVSS 3.0 | 9.8 criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-89 |
References
- CVE-2016-6195 on NVD
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92687
- http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=322848 Vendor Advisory
- https://enumerated.wordpress.com/2016/07/11/1/ Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/drewlong/vbully
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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