Invision Power Board < 3.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (deprecated)

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5260

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.

Description

The remote host is running Invision Power Board, a PHP bulletin board application. The installed version of Invision Power Board is potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A local-file include vulnerability that affects the 'section' parameter sent to the 'forum/index.php' script.

- A sql-injection vulnerability that affects the 'starter' and 'state' parameters of the 'admin/applications/forum/modules_public/moderate/moderate.php' script.

- A cross-site scripting vulnerability caused by incorrect handling of '.txt' file attachments.

Solution

Upgrade to Invision Power Board 3.0.5 or later.

See Also

http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/300051-invision-power-board-305-released

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 5260

Family: CGI

Published: 12/14/2009

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 43163

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2009

Reference Information

BID: 37208, 37263