CVE-2017-8898

Public Exploit

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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.56%
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 third party advisory exploit
https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864 third party advisory exploit
https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248 third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-8898?
CVE-2017-8898 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-8898?
To fix CVE-2017-8898, 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-2017-8898 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-8898 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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