CVE-2017-8897 is a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Invision Power Services (IPS) Community Suite versions 4.1.19.2 and earlier, specifically within the IPS UTF8 Converter. This pre-authentication flaw, rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.1, allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts via the admin/convertutf8/index.php?controller= vector, requiring user interaction. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure and defacement, potentially impacting any Invision Power Board user viewing a malicious announcement. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is unavailable, and community discussion is minimal, with only one Reddit mention.
| 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:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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.