Invision Power Services IP.Board up to 2.1.5 moderate.php preg_replace post_icon

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Invision Power Services IP.Board up to 2.1.5. Impacted is the function preg_replace of the file moderate.php. Such manipulation of the argument post_icon leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-2498. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Invision Power Services IP.Board up to 2.1.5 (Forum Software). Affected by this issue is the function preg_replace of the file moderate.php. The manipulation of the argument post_icon with an unknown input leads to a unknown weakness. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 05/17/2006 by GulfTech Research And Development (Website). The advisory is shared for download at secunia.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-2498 since 05/19/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:moderate.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 2.1.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26541), SecurityFocus (BID 18040†), OSVDB (25667†), Secunia (SA20158†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-11693†). The entry VDB-83961 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IP.Board 2.1.6

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: invisioncommunity.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: GulfTech Research And Development
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-2498 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2498
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30332
X-Force: 26541
SecurityFocus: 18040 - Invision Power Board Multiple Arbitrary PHP Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 20158 - Invision Power Board Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 25667 - Invision Power Board moderate.php Arbitrary Code Execution
Vulnerability Center: 11693 - Invision Power Board PHP Script Execution via Multiple Attack Vectors, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-1859

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 08/07/2017 08:44
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (57), 08/07/2017 08:44 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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