Invision Power Board (IPB) before 2.1.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP script via attack vectors involving (1) the…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 25668 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=215527 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20060519 Partial details on Invision Power Board (IPB) PHP execution issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VIMx_transferred
• 18040 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• ADV-2006-1859 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20158 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 25667 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• invision-unspecified-code-execution(26541) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=10026 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2006-2498](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2006-2498.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2006-2498)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 17:51 UTC.