PT-2007-6027 · Invision · Invision Power Board

Published 2007-09-17 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2007-4913

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Invision Power Board versions 2.3.1 up to 20070912

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to upload arbitrary script files with crafted image filenames to the uploads/ directory, where they are saved with a .txt extension and are not executable. This is being tracked as security-relevant by the vendor, despite limited usage scenarios under which it would be a vulnerability.

Recommendations: For Invision Power Board versions 2.3.1 up to 20070912, consider restricting access to the uploads/ directory to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the file upload functionality in the class upload.php script until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4913

Affected Products

Invision Power Board

References · 4

• http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=11870 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4913 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4913 · Note
• http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=237075 · Note