What is CVE-2009-5159?

CVE-2009-5159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Invisioncommunity Invision Power Board, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2009-5159?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Invisioncommunity Invision Power Board

CVE-2009-5159

Invision Power Board (aka IPB or IP.Board) 2.x through 3.0.4, when Internet Explorer 5 is used, allows XSS via a .txt attachment.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.034 (87.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Invisioncommunity Invision_power_board
Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-5159?: CVE-2009-5159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Invisioncommunity Invision Power Board, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2009-5159?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.