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CRITICAL CVSS 3.0
CVE-2017-8898
Apache Invision Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 11, 2017, 5:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 20, 2025, 1:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-8898 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Invisioncommunity invision_power_board
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 CRITICAL [email protected]
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-8898.

URL Resource
http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248 Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txt Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248 Exploit Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-8898 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-8898 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-8898 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-8898 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txt
    Added Reference https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864
    Added Reference https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jun. 03, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:invisionpower:invision_power_board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.1.19.2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:invisioncommunity:invision_power_board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.1.19.2
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-79
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 16, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864 No Types Assigned https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txt No Types Assigned http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248 No Types Assigned https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:invisionpower:invision_power_board:4.1.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.56 }} 0.12%

score

0.65614

percentile