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    CVE-2017-8898

    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.

    Published:May 11, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:May 11, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00559
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Invisioncommunity
    Product
    Invision Power Board

    Exploits

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