# CVE-2012-5692: Other in n/a

> Unspecified vulnerability in Invision Power Board allows remote attackers to potentially compromise the application via unknown vectors.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not stated
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not stated
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Oct 2012
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mfrm-r98f-cf43

## What is CVE-2012-5692?

CVE-2012-5692 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Oct 2012. It can be exploited over the network.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in admin/sources/base/core.php in Invision Power Board (aka IPB or IP.Board) 3.1.x through 3.3.x has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5692?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Invisioncommunity Invision Power Board, Invisionpower Invision Power Board.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-5692?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5692 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-5692 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-5692 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Invision IP.Board unserialize() PHP Code Execution (metasploit)
- Invision Power Board (IP.Board) 3.3.4 - 'Unserialize()' PHP Code Execution (exploitdb)
- Invision Power Board (IP.Board) 3.3.4 - Unserialize Regex Bypass (exploitdb)
- Invision Power Board (IP.Board) 3.3.4 - 'Unserialize()' PHP Code Execution (Metasploit) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2013-3725](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3725/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2012-2226](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2226/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-8898](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8898/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-4928](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4928/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-8899](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-8899/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-5692 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-5692 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Oct 2012. It can be exploited over the network.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-5692 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5692/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5692/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5692
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5692
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-5692

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