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CVE-2017-8897 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.1 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248 CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txt CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864 [email protected]Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248 [email protected]ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
invisioncommunity invision power board
<= 4.1.19.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:invisioncommunity:invision_power_board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-8897
NVD Published Date:
May 11, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-8897 Details - Not Deferred