Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This is an authenticated cross-site scripting issue in IPS Community Suite 4.x before 4.0.12.1. A logged-in user could place web script or HTML into a calendar event location field. The main business risk is session abuse, user impersonation, or malicious content shown to administrators or members.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate-priority remediation for any still-running IPS Community Suite 4.x instance. It is old and apparently fixed, but public-facing community platforms can expose administrators and users to account-impacting browser attacks.
Technical view
CVE-2015-6810 affects Invision Power Services IPS Community Suite, also known as Invision Power Board/IPB, 4.x before 4.0.12.1. The reported injection point is the event_location[address] array parameter submitted to calendar/submit/. Sources provide no CVSS, CWE, or detailed vendor remediation text beyond the fixed-version implication.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely on public or internal IPS Community Suite 4.x forums running before 4.0.12.1, especially where authenticated users can submit calendar events.
Exploitation context
The CVE has a public Exploit-DB reference, but the source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation evidence. Exploitation requires an authenticated user account according to the CVE description.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE description, Exploit-DB reference, and Invision release-note reference. No CVSS, CWE, affected CPEs, or active exploitation evidence is provided. Avoid assuming broader IPS versions beyond 4.x before 4.0.12.1.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade IPS Community Suite to 4.0.12.1 or a later supported release.
- Review Invision release notes and vendor guidance before production rollout.
- Temporarily restrict calendar event submission to trusted users if upgrade is delayed.
- Audit calendar event location fields for unexpected HTML or script content.
Validation and detection
- Inventory IPS Community Suite version and confirm whether it is before 4.0.12.1.
- Confirm whether calendar/submit/ is enabled for authenticated users.
- Review logs for suspicious calendar submissions from untrusted accounts.
- Verify in staging that event location values render as escaped text.
Public sources used
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- CVSS
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- Known Exploited
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- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- 37989CVE reference · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://community.invisionpower.com/release-notes/40121-r22/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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