CVE-2006-2059
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…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 8.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 8.04% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 26 April 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- invision power services/invision power board
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 8.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=213374Patch
- 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=213374Patch
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.