CVE-2017-8897

Public Exploit

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.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.29%
Third-Party Advisory insecurity.zone Third-Party Advisory twitter.com Third-Party Advisory twitter.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txt vdb entry third party advisory
https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864 third party advisory
https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248 third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-8897?
CVE-2017-8897 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-8897?
To fix CVE-2017-8897, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-8897 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-8897 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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