Arbitrary file upload in Invision Power Board - CVE-2012-2226
Published: January 9, 2020 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41115
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2226
CWE-ID: CWE-434
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Invision Power Board before 3.3.1 fails to sanitize user-supplied input which could allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code by uploading a malicious file.
Affected software
Invision Power Board
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2226
Install update from vendor's website.
Invision Power Board - update to 3.3.1