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Fencer Intel
high 8.1

CVE-2016-6174 in the critical feed json

applications/core/modules/front/system/content.php in Invision Power Services IPS Community Suite (aka Invision Power Board, IPB, or Power…

published 2016-07-12 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-7108

cvss
8.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.3%
EPSS 12.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

applications/core/modules/front/system/content.php in Invision Power Services IPS Community Suite (aka Invision Power Board, IPB, or Power Board) before 4.1.13, when used with PHP before 5.4.24 or 5.5.x before 5.5.8, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the content_class parameter.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-40084)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

12.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-40084 IPS Community Suite 4.1.12.3 - PHP Code Injection webapps, 2016-07-11
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jul/19 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • karmainsecurity.com http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2016-11 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Technology feeds

References

Sources

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