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CVE-2017-8898

Published: May 11, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
1.9%
Top 23.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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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

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

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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