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CVE-2017-8898

N/A
Published: May 11, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:27 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorInvision Power Board

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txt
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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