CVE-2017-8897 β Cross-site Scripting in Invision Power Board
Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 48.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 11
Latest updateMay 13
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.7