Vulnerability · CVE-2025-71281
XenForo before 2.3.7 does not properly restrict methods callable from within templates.
Published Apr 1, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · XenForo before 2.3.7 does
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-71281. EPSS is 0.33%. Act only if a listed version of XenForo before 2.3.7 does is installed.
Gaps on this record
- The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (XenForo before 2.3.7 does).
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High8.7
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.33%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe xenforo/xenforo
XenForo before 2.3.7 does not properly restrict methods callable from within templates. A loose prefix match was used instead of a stricter first-word match for methods accessible through callbacks and variable method calls in templates, potentially allowing unauthorized method invocations.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- cpe xenforo/xenforoversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2025-71281
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-71281. EPSS is 0.33%. Act only if a listed version of XenForo before 2.3.7 does is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-94: Code Injection. EPSS 0.33%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Apr 1, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
XenForo before 2.3.7 does not properly restrict methods callable from within templates. A loose prefix match was used instead of a stricter first-word match for methods accessible through callbacks and variable method calls in templates, potentially allowing unauthorized method invocations.
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
XenForo before 2.3.7 does not properly restrict methods callable from within templates. A loose prefix match was used instead of a stricter first-word match for methods accessible through callbacks and variable method calls in templates, potentially allowing unauthorized method invocations.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-71281
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-71281
30-day exploitation probability 0.3%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-71281
XenForo before 2.3.7 does not properly restrict methods callable from within templates. A loose prefix match was used instead of a stricter first-word match for methods accessible through callbacks and variable method calls in templates, potentially allowing unauthorized method i
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.