CVE-2025-47916 (GCVE-0-2025-47916)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-16 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-17 05:03
VLAI Shadowserver
Summary
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 unauthenticated attackers to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code by providing crafted template strings.
Severity
10 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-1336 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
invisioncommunity Invision Power Board Affected: 5.0.0 , < 5.0.7 (semver)
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Shadowserver
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 9b2600ac-33f4-4355-aaf5-8efd56aec762

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2025-47916

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2026-07-06 00:00 UTC

Exploited: Yes

Characteristics
Severity: 100.0
Timestamps
First Seen: 2025-06-06
Asserted: 2025-06-06
Last Seen: 2026-07-06
Scope
Asset Exposure: ['internet-facing']
Notes: Affected: Invision Power Services / Invision Community | Class: other-software | Severity: Critical (CVSS 10) | IoT: no | In CISA KEV: no | Honeypot connections on 2026-07-06: 5
Evidence

Type: Honeypot

Signal: In The Wild Attempts

Confidence: 70%

Source: shadowserver

Details
1D 2
Iot no
Feed Shadowserver Foundation honeypot/exploited-vulnerabilities
Type http-scan
Class other-software
7D Avg 0
Vendor Invision Power Services
30D Avg 4
90D Avg 1
Product Invision Community
Cisa Kev no
Connections 5
Observation Date 2026-07-06
Vulnerability Class CVSS
Vulnerability Score 10
Vulnerability Severity Critical
References
Created: 2026-07-01 07:18 UTC | Updated: 2026-07-08 01:00 UTC
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