CVE-2006-0888 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Invision Power Board (IPB) 2.0.1, specifically within the index.php component. When Code Confirmation is disabled, remote attackers can exploit this flaw by registering a large number of users, leading to an unspecified denial of service. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating network access, high attack complexity, no authentication, and only a partial impact on availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:invision_power_services:invision_power_board:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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