CVE-2016-6174 is a critical code injection vulnerability affecting Invision Power Services IPS Community Suite (versions before 4.1.13) when used with specific older PHP versions (before 5.4.24 or 5.5.8). An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw via the content_class parameter to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable server. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 8.1 (High), indicating a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. The EPSS score of 0.198 suggests a moderate likelihood of exploitation, placing it above 95% of all CVEs. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-40084) exists, demonstrating its exploitability. Despite this, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE, which is typical for a large percentage of vulnerabilities.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.1.12.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:invisioncommunity:invision_power_board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 5.4.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.5.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.