CVE-2017-8898 is a critical stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Invision Power Services (IPS) Community Suite versions 4.1.19.2 and earlier. This flaw allows a malicious Invision Power Board moderator to escalate their privileges to an administrator by injecting script into the announce_content parameter during announcement creation. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating a severe risk. Its attack vector is network-based with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The FAUCET Risk Score is 93/100. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. However, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, placing it in the top 1% of all CVEs for community attention.
| 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:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.