PT-2003-2399 · Invision Power Services · Invision Board

Published 2003-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2003-1454

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Invision Power Services Invision Board versions 1.0 through 1.1.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to gain access when a forum is password protected. It stores the administrator password in a cookie in plaintext.

Recommendations For versions 1.0 through 1.1.1, consider disabling password protection for forums until a fix is available to prevent plaintext password storage in cookies.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-1454

Affected Products

Invision Board

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1454 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-1454 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11871 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/7440 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/319747 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3276 · Note