CVE-2016-2564

Summary

CVECVE-2016-2564
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-23 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:31:00 UTC
DescriptionInvision 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-331

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Invisioncommunity Invision Power Board All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bypassing authentication in Invision Power board with CVE-2016–2564 medium.com
Bypassing authentication in Invision Power board with CVE-2016–2564 MISC medium.com Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
4.1.9 - Release Notes - Invision Community MISC invisionpower.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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