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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-8898 · published 11 May 2017

CVE-2017-8898: Invisioncommunity invision power board cross-site scripting vulnerability

IInvisioncommunity · Invision Power Board

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.

9.8 CVSS 3.0 Critical EPSS 1.9% · top 21.3% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
9.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 7.5
1.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 6 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txt ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248 ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txt ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248 ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Related vulnerabilities

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-8898), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.