National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-2498
Original release date:05/20/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Invision Power Board (IPB) before 2.1.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP script via attack vectors involving (1) the post_icon variable in classes/post/class_post.php and (2) the df value in action_public/moderate.php.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):
Impact Subscore:
4.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification
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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-1859
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 20158
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=215527
Type: Patch Information
External Source: MISC
Name: http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=10026
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: invision-unspecified-code-execution(26541)
External Source: BID
Name: 18040
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 25668
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 25667
External Source: VIM
Name: 20060519 Partial details on Invision Power Board (IPB) PHP execution issue
