CVE-2017-8898
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.019 · 79 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Invision Power Services (IPS) Community Suite 4.1.19.2 and earlier has stored XSS in the Announcements, allowing privilege escalation from an Invision Power Board moderator to an admin. An attack uses the announce_content parameter in an index.php?/modcp/announcements/&action=create request. This is related to the "<> Source" option.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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.txtExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
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