CVE-2009-5159

MEDIUM 6.1CVE-2009-5159 · Published 13/03/2020 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-5159 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability affecting invision power board (invisioncommunity), internet explorer (microsoft).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.5%, higher than 89.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
invision power board invisioncommunity	`≥ 2.0, ≤ 3.0.4`	No fix yet
internet explorer microsoft	`= 5`	No fix yet

Invision Power Board (aka IPB or IP.Board) 2.x through 3.0.4, when Internet Explorer 5 is used, allows XSS via a .txt attachment.

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In short

CVE-2009-5159 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability affecting invision power board (invisioncommunity), internet explorer (microsoft).

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.5%, higher than 89.1% of all vulnerabilities.

No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

≥ 2.0, ≤ 3.0.4

No fix yet

= 5

No fix yet

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