XSS in Invisioncommunity Invision Power Board
CVE-2017-8897
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.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (65.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txt (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864 (Third Party Advisory)
- twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-8897?
- CVE-2017-8897 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Invisioncommunity Invision Power Board, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-05-11.
- How severe is CVE-2017-8897?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.