CVE-2016-2564
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- invisioncommunity invision power board≤ 4.1.8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:invisioncommunity:invision_power_board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://invisionpower.com/release-notes/419-r37/cnnvd
- https://medium.com/@iancarroll/bypassing-authentication-in-invision-power-board-with-cve-2016-2564-9a24ea3655f9cnnvd
- https://invisionpower.com/release-notes/419-r37/enisa_euvd
- https://medium.com/%40iancarroll/bypassing-authentication-in-invision-power-board-with-cve-2016-2564-9a24ea3655f9enisa_euvd
- https://invisionpower.com/release-notes/419-r37/Release NotesVendor Advisorynvd
- https://medium.com/%40iancarroll/bypassing-authentication-in-invision-power-board-with-cve-2016-2564-9a24ea3655f9nvd
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