medium5.9
CVE-2016-2564
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.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Invisioncommunity | Invision Power Board | through 4.1.8.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://invisionpower.com/release-notes/419-r37/
- https://medium.com/%40iancarroll/bypassing-authentication-in-invision-power-board-with-cve-2016-2564-9a24ea3655f9
- https://invisionpower.com/release-notes/419-r37/
- https://medium.com/%40iancarroll/bypassing-authentication-in-invision-power-board-with-cve-2016-2564-9a24ea3655f9