CVE-2005-1598

Invision Power Board <= 2.0.3 - SQL Injection via Cookie Password Hash

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 3 public exploits for CVE-2005-1598. PoCs published by Danica Jones, Petey Beege.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a tutorial explaining how to use an exploit for CVE-2005-1598, which involves retrieving password hashes from Invision Power Board (IPB) forums and manipulating browser cookies to bypass authentication.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in Invision Power Board (IPB) 2.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a crafted cookie password hash (pass_hash) that modifies the internal $pid variable.

Exploits (3)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Danica Jones · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1014

This is a tutorial explaining how to use an exploit for CVE-2005-1598, which involves retrieving password hashes from Invision Power Board (IPB) forums and manipulating browser cookies to bypass authentication.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Invision Power Board (IPB) version 2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the exploit script from ExploitDB (1013), Perl with LWP::UserAgent module, ability to modify Firefox cookie file
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Petey Beege · perlwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1013

This Perl script exploits a SQL injection vulnerability in Invision Power Board to bypass authentication by brute-forcing the password hash. It iterates through possible characters to reconstruct the password or login key for a specified user ID.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Invision Power Board (versions 1.x and 2.x)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target URL · User ID to impersonate · Version of Invision Power Board (1 or 2) · Cookie prefix (optional) · Debug flag (optional)
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WRITEUP
webappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43824

This is a detailed technical analysis of CVE-2005-1598, covering SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities in IP.Board. It includes code snippets, root cause analysis, and exploitation techniques, but does not provide functional exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 100%
Attack Type
Sqli | Xss
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Invision Power Board (IP.Board) <= 2.0.3
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target IP.Board instance · Ability to send crafted HTTP requests
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1013
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111712587206834&w=2
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/16297
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014499
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 vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13529
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5GP0E2KFQQ.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20446

Scores

EPSS 0.1391
EPSS Percentile 96.1%

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