Invision Power Board (IP.Board) subscription manager unauthorized access
| ipb-subscription-unauthorized-access (36590) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Invision Power Board (IP.Board) could allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the system. If the subscription manager is enabled, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially-crafted payment request with a malicious member ID to demote arbitrary members to the subscriber group.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.6 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 1.9 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Invision Power Board (2.3.1 after 9/12/2007 or later), available from the Invision Power Board Web site. See References.
--OR--
Refer to Invision Power Web site: Company News and Updates for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- Invision Power Web site: Company News and Updates: IP.Board Security Enhancements.
- BID-25656: Invision Power Board User Profile And Subscription Manager Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-4914: Unspecified vulnerability in the subscriptions manager in Invision Power Board (IPB or IP.Board) 2.3.1 before 20070912 allows remote authenticated users to change the member ID and reduce the privilege level of arbitrary users via a crafted payment form, related to (1) class_gw_2checkout.php, (2) class_gw_authorizenet.php, (3) class_gw_nochex.php, (4) class_gw_paypal.php, and (5) class_gw_safshop.php in sources/classes/paymentgateways/.
- OSVDB ID: 41319: IP.Board sources/classes/paymentgateways/class_gw_2checkout.php Arbitrary User Privilege Level Manipulation
- OSVDB ID: 41320: IP.Board sources/classes/paymentgateways/class_gw_authorizenet.php Arbitrary User Privilege Level Manipulation
- OSVDB ID: 41321: IP.Board sources/classes/paymentgateways/class_gw_nochex.php Arbitrary User Privilege Level Manipulation
- OSVDB ID: 41322: IP.Board sources/classes/paymentgateways/class_gw_paypal.php Arbitrary User Privilege Level Manipulation
- OSVDB ID: 41323: IP.Board sources/classes/paymentgateways/class_gw_safshop.php Arbitrary User Privilege Level Manipulation
- SA26788: Invision Power Board Multiple Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Invision Power Invision Power Board 2.3.1
Reported:
Sep 12, 2007
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