CVE-2017-8898

Critical

Description

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductInvisioncommunity Invision Power Board
PublishedMay 11, 2017
First seenMay 11, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
invisioncommunity invision_power_boardv ≤ 4.1.19.2—

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