CVE-2017-8898

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 v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txt	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:invisioncommunity:invision_power_board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-05-11 17:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:01

NVD link : CVE-2017-8898

Mitre link : CVE-2017-8898

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-8898

JSON object : View

Products Affected

invisioncommunity

invision_power_board

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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