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phpBB forum fixes auth bypass bug lurking for a decade
A 10-year-old authentication bypass vulnerability discovered in the phpBB forum software allows an attacker to log in as any user, including administrators. The flaw does not have an identifier and is trivial to exploit with a single HTTP request. It impacts phpBB versions 4.0.0-a2 or 3.3.16 and below. Researchers at application security company Aikido found […]
Russia arrests suspected owner of LeakBase cybercrime forum
Russian police in the Rostov region arrested a Taganrog resident believed to be the owner and administrator of LeakBase, a major online forum used by cybercriminals to buy and sell stolen data and hacking tools. According to a report from the Russian state-owned news agency TASS, Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs spokesperson Irina Volk, who […]
Hackers are exploiting critical flaw in vBulletin forum software
Two critical vulnerabilities affecting the open-source forum software vBulletin have been discovered, with one confirmed to be actively exploited in the wild. The flaws, tracked under CVE-2025-48827 and CVE-2025-48828, and rated critical (CVSS v3 score: 10.0 and 9.0 respectively), are an API method invocation and a remote code execution (RCE) via template engine abuse flaws. They impact vBulletin […]