Invision Power Services IP.Board up to 2.0.2 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Invision Power Services IP.Board up to 2.0.2. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-0886. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Invision Power Services IP.Board up to 2.0.2 (Forum Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Invision Power Board 2.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an HTTP POST request.

The bug was discovered 03/23/2005. The weakness was released 05/02/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0886 since 03/26/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17609 (Invision Power Board HTTP POST Request IFRAME Tag XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (25267), Tenable (17609), SecurityFocus (BID 12888†), OSVDB (16604†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7442†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 17609
Nessus Name: Invision Power Board HTTP POST Request IFRAME Tag XSS
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03/10/2015 +3599 days 🔍
07/28/2025 +3793 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: invisioncommunity.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0886 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0886
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24701
SecurityFocus: 12888 - Invision Power Board HTML Injection Vulnerability
OSVDB: 16604 - Invision Power Board - HTML Injection Issue
Vulnerability Center: 7442 - XSS in Invision Power Board 2.0.2 via HTTP POST Request, Low

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 07/28/2025 05:42
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (64), 05/31/2019 00:54 (4), 07/28/2025 05:42 (27)
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Cache ID: 216:167:103

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