CVE-2017-8899 is a composite stored cross-site scripting (XSS) and information disclosure vulnerability affecting Invision Power Services (IPS) Community Suite 4.1.19.2 and earlier. This high-severity vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 8.1, allows any Invision Power Board user to upload a crafted SVG document, leading to full path disclosure and potential compromise of moderator/admin accounts. While the attack complexity is high due to the full path disclosure requirement, the potential impact includes high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion, with only one mention on Reddit.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.1.19.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:invisioncommunity:invision_power_board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.