CVE-2006-2059

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-04-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

action_public/search.php in Invision Power Board (IPB) 2.1.x and 2.0.x before 20060425 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a search with a crafted value of the lastdate parameter, which alters the behavior of a regular expression to add a "#e" (execute) modifier.

Affected products

Invision Power Services Invision Power Board: 2.1.5_2006-03-08

References

http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=213374
http://secunia.com/advisories/19830
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/796
http://www.osvdb.org/25005
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431990/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432226/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432451/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439607/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17695
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1534
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26070
http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=213374

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