CVE-2016-2564
N/A
Published: April 23, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorInvision Power Board
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Severity
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Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 4.1.8.1
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://invisionpower.com/release-notes/419-r37/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-331
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