Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published May 11, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-8897
CVE-2017-8897
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.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:invisioncommunity:invision_power_board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=4.1.19.2
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
3- twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txtnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864nvdThird Party Advisory
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