CVE-2016-2564 describes a session hijacking vulnerability in Invision Power Services (IPS) Community Suite versions prior to 4.1.9. The flaw stems from the use of PHP's uniqid function without the more_entropy flag, making session cookies predictable if an attacker can determine the exact generation time. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium) with a high attack complexity, allowing for potential high confidentiality impact without requiring user interaction or privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.1.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:invisioncommunity:invision_power_board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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