PT-2006-5939 · Invision · Invision Power Board

Published 2006-10-09 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2006-5204

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Invision Power Board (IPB) versions 2.1.7 and earlier

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. This can be achieved by referencing a script in the avatar setting. The vulnerability can be leveraged for a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack, which may involve forced SQL execution by an admin.

Recommendations For Invision Power Board (IPB) versions 2.1.7 and earlier, update to a version later than 2.1.7 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the avatar setting to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5204

Affected Products

Invision Power Board

References · 7

• http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=227937 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5204 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22272 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3927 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5204 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/447710/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29351 · Note