Public exploit available

Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2025-47916 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine in Invision Power Board

CWE-1336 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine CWE-94 — Code Injection6 documents6 sources

Severity

9.8CRITICALNVD

CNA10.0VulnCheck10.0

EPSS

90.7%

top 0.38%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

PoC available

Public exploit / PoC exists

Affected products

Invisioncommunity Invision Power Board Invisioncommunity

Timeline

PublishedMay 16

Latest updateMay 18

Description

Invision Community 5.0.0 before 5.0.7 allows remote code execution via crafted template strings to themeeditor.php. The issue lies within the themeeditor controller (file: /applications/core/modules/front/system/themeeditor.php), where a protected method named customCss can be invoked by unauthenticated users. This method passes the value of the content parameter to the Theme::makeProcessFunction() method; hence it is evaluated by the template engine. Accordingly, this can be exploited by unauth…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDinvisioncommunity/invisioncommunity5.0.0 — 5.0.7

▶CVEListV5invisioncommunity/invision_power_board5.0.0 — 5.0.7

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-96q3-fjrx-h9hh: Invision Community 5↗2025-05-16

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CVEList

CVE-2025-47916: Invision Community 5↗2025-05-16

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VulnCheck

invisioncommunity invisioncommunity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine↗2025

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💥Exploits & PoCs

Exploit-DB

Invision Community 5.0.6 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)↗2025-05-18

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Nuclei

Invision Community <=5.0.6 Unauthenticated RCE via Template Injection

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