CVE-2005-1597

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in (1) search.php and (2) topics.php for Invision Power Board (IPB) 2.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the highlite parameter.

Affected products

Invision Power Services Invision Board: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2, 1.3 (+2)
Invision Power Services Invision Power Board: 2.0.3

References

http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=168016
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111539908705851&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/15265
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013907
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00073-05052005
http://www.osvdb.org/16298
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13534
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0487
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20445
http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=168016
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111539908705851&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/15265

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