CVE-2017-8897

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-8897
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-05-11T17:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-06-03T14:55:02
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:invisioncommunity:invision_power_board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.1.19.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864 Third Party Advisory
http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txt Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8897
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8897
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:29:35 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 16:47:23 2017-05-11T17:29Z 2017-05-11T17:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 16:47:23 2020-06-03T14:55:02 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 16:47:23 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated