THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-6174
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-6174

Invision Power Board vulnerability

CVSS
8.1
EPSS
12.3%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
applications/core/modules/front/system/content.php in Invision Power Services IPS Community Suite (aka Invision Power Board, IPB, or Power Board) before 4.1.13, when used with PHP before 5.4.24 or 5.5.x before 5.5.8, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the content_class parameter.
Affected vendor
Invisioncommunity
Affected product
Invision Power Board
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2016-07-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-6174

  • Confirm whether Invisioncommunity Invision Power Board is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-6174.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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