CVE-2017-8897

6.1 mediumEPSS 1.2%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.1 medium

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

EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 67% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2017-05-11
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

invisioncommunity:invision_power_board

References

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

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