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CVE-2017-8897

Published: May 11, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79
NVD MITRE
6.1CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.2%
Top 37.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

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 Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:CC:LI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

n/an/a
invision power boardinvisioncommunity
SaaS
Web & CMS Plugins / forum-wiki
invisioncommunitycommercialWeb & CMS Pluginsaka invision power board, ips community suite, invisioncommunity

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txt
zeroday.insecurity.zone
https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864
twitter.com
https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248
twitter.com

Timeline

Published
May 11, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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