PT-2008-5470 · Invision · Invision Power Board

Published 2008-09-22 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2008-4171

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 2.2.x through 2.3.x

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This is achieved via the name parameter in the xmlout.php file.

Recommendations For versions 2.2.x through 2.3.x, avoid using the name parameter in the xmlout.php file until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the xmlout.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4171

Affected Products

Invision Power Board

References · 6

• http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=276512 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4171 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31288 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020817 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4171 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2487 · Note