CVE-2005-1597

Invision Power Board <= 2.0.3 - Cross-Site Scripting via Highlite Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-1597. PoCs published by GulfTech Security.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a detailed writeup describing SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities in IP.Board versions <= 2.0.3. It explains the root cause, affected code, and potential exploitation methods but does not include functional exploit code.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in (1) search.php and (2) topics.php for Invision Power Board (IPB) 2.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the highlite parameter.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by GulfTech Security · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43824

This is a detailed writeup describing SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities in IP.Board versions <= 2.0.3. It explains the root cause, affected code, and potential exploitation methods but does not include functional exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Sqli | Xss
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Invision Power Board (IP.Board) <= 2.0.3
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target application · Ability to send crafted requests
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/15265
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/16298
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13534
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111539908705851&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013907
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0487
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20445

Scores

EPSS 0.0238
EPSS Percentile 81.7%

Details

Status published
Products (9)
invision_power_services/invision_board 1.0
invision_power_services/invision_board 1.0.1
invision_power_services/invision_board 1.1.1
invision_power_services/invision_board 1.1.2
invision_power_services/invision_board 1.2
invision_power_services/invision_board 1.3
invision_power_services/invision_board 2.0_alpha_3
invision_power_services/invision_board 2.0_pdr3
invision_power_services/invision_power_board 2.0.3
Published May 16, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026