Is CVE-2020-17496 in the CISA KEV catalog?

Yes. CVE-2020-17496 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, added 2021-11-03.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-17496?

CVE-2020-17496 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-17496?

CVE-2020-17496 has an EPSS score of 87.74% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2020-17496?

No published fix for CVE-2020-17496 has been found yet. It is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list; federal agencies must remediate by 2022-05-03. Apply the vendor's mitigations per CISA's guidance.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-17496

CRITICALCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

vBulletin 5.5.4 through 5.6.2 allows remote command execution via crafted subWidgets data in an ajax/render/widget_tabbedcontainer_tab_panel request. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-16759.

CWE-74Injection

How to fix

Actively exploited, no published fix found yet

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal remediation due: 2022-05-03

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

87.74%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

vBulletin PHP Module Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

The PHP module within vBulletin contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for remote code execution via crafted subWidgets data in an ajax/render/widget_tabbedcontainer_tab_panel request. This CVE ID resolves an incomplete patch for CVE-2019-16759.

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Remediation due: 2022-05-03

References

Patch1

forum.vbulletin.com

Exploit2

Government Resource1

cisa.gov

Technical Description1

cwe.mitre.org

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2013-2251	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-22527	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2019-2725	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2022-46169	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-35914	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2019-17558	High	7.5	99%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-07.