CVE-2008-6565
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Invision Power Board 2.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an IFRAME tag in the signature.
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 1.4%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Invision Power Board 2.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an IFRAME tag in the signature.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.45% probability · 73th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 26 March 2008
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- invision power services/invision power board
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. 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://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490115/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28466
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41502
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490115/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28466
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41502
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.