CVE-2017-8897
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.012 · 67 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Invision Power Services (IPS) Community Suite 4.1.19.2 and earlier has pre-auth reflected XSS in the IPS UTF8 Converter v1.1.18: admin/convertutf8/index.php?controller= is the attack vector. This UTF8 Converter vulnerability can easily be used to make a malicious announcement affecting any Invision Power Board user who views the announcement.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- invisioncommunity invision power board≤ 4.1.19.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:invisioncommunity:invision_power_board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txtcnnvd
- https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864cnnvd
- https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248cnnvd
- http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txtenisa_euvd
- https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864enisa_euvd
- https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248enisa_euvd
- http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txtThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864Third Party Advisorynvd
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