6.1

CVE-2017-8897: invisioncommunity invision_power_board Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.0MediumModified
Published 11-05-2017Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-8897 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in invisioncommunity invision_power_board. EPSS estimates a 1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.16%
0%100%
Low · -0.24 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 11-05-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

67%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.24 pp

From 1.40% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.16%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (twitter.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Invisioncommunity1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

3 links