CVE-2017-8898

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    CVE-2017-8898

    Published: 11 May 2017Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    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
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