CVE-2012-2226 is a critical vulnerability affecting Invision Power Board versions prior to 3.3.1, stemming from insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input. This flaw allows remote attackers to upload malicious files, potentially leading to sensitive information disclosure or arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it represents a high-impact threat with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction. While not listed on the KEV catalog and lacking Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry for Local File Inclusion exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:invisioncommunity:invision_power_board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.