CVE-2005-1817

Invision Power Board 1.0-1.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Forum Post Editing via Direct Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-1817. PoCs published by V[i]RuS.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This batch script automates the exploitation of an unauthorized access vulnerability in Invision Power Board, allowing a moderator to edit posts owned by other moderators via a crafted HTTP GET request. It constructs a URL with user-provided parameters to bypass insufficient authentication checks.

Description

Invision Power Board (IPB) 1.0 through 1.3 allows remote attackers to edit arbitrary forum posts via a direct request to index.php with modified parameters.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by V[i]RuS · webappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25741

This batch script automates the exploitation of an unauthorized access vulnerability in Invision Power Board, allowing a moderator to edit posts owned by other moderators via a crafted HTTP GET request. It constructs a URL with user-provided parameters to bypass insufficient authentication checks.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Invision Power Board 1.0 to 1.3 Final
Auth required
Prerequisites: moderator access to the target forum · knowledge of forum ID, topic ID, and post number
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13802

Scores

EPSS 0.0174
EPSS Percentile 75.5%

Details

Status published
Products (7)
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 1.3_final
Published Jun 01, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026