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    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.

    Published:May 11, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:May 11, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00285
    CVSS Score:6.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Invisioncommunity
    Product
    Invision Power Board

    Exploits

    https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High