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CVE-2009-5159
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.
- 6.1MediumCVSS base score
- 3.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37263/info (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33394 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/83624/Invision-Power-Board-3.0.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/300051-invision-power-board-305-released/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-5113 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-5159)Record last updated .