CVE-2006-5204

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-10-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in action_admin/member.php in Invision Power Board (IPB) 2.1.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a reference to a script in the avatar setting, which can be leveraged for a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack involving forced SQL execution by an admin.

Affected products

Invision Power Services Invision Power Board: through 2.1.7; 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.3, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2 (+29)

References

http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=227937
http://secunia.com/advisories/22272
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447710/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3927
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29351
http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=227937
http://secunia.com/advisories/22272
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447710/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3927
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29351

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