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CVE-2006-2498

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2498 describes a vulnerability in Invision Power Board (IPB) versions prior to 2.1.6, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP scripts. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, potentially leading to information disclosure and arbitrary code execution. Despite its age, there is no public exploit code available, and it shows minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not actively exploited.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:invision_power_services:invision_power_board:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:invision_power_services:invision_power_board:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:invision_power_services:invision_power_board:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:invision_power_services:invision_power_board:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:invision_power_services:invision_power_board:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0185 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

attrition.org / pipermail/vim/2006-May/000776.html
forums.invisionpower.com / index.php
Patch
forums.invisionpower.com / index.php
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/20158
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26541
osvdb.org / 25667
osvdb.org / 25668
securityfocus.com / bid/18040
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1859