Invision Power Services (IPS) Community Suite before 4.1.9 makes session hijack easier by…
Priority LOW 29CWE-331Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Invision Power Services (IPS) Community Suite before 4.1.9 makes session hijack easier by relying on the PHP uniqid function without the more_entropy flag. Attackers can guess an Invision Power Board session cookie if they can predict the exact time of cookie generation.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01273 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:invisioncommunity:invision_power_board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 4.1.8.1 | Vulnerable | invisioncommunity |
- cpe:2.3:a:invisioncommunity:invision_power_board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.1.8.1 Vulnerable ·invisioncommunity
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-2564
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w6pf-cx8p-259q
References
More invisioncommunity Invision Power Board vulnerabilities
- TI-2012-04789 Unspecified vulnerability in admin/sources/base/core.php in Invision Power Board (aka IPB… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2012-01985 Invision Power Board before 3.3.1 fails to sanitize user-supplied input which could allow… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-05298 applications/core/modules/front/system/content.php in Invision Power Services IPS… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
- TI-2017-06395 Invision Power Services (IPS) Community Suite 4.1.19.2 and earlier has stored XSS in the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2013-03245 Invision Power Board (IPB) through 3.x allows admin account takeover leading to code execution. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2014-04050 SQL injection vulnerability in Invision Power Board (aka IPB or IP.Board) before 3.4.6… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-2564 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-2564 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w6pf-cx8p-259q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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