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Unscored CVE-2017-8898 EUVD-2017-17838GHSA-vmjh-562q-x3v3

Invision Power Services (IPS) Community Suite 4.1.19.2 and earlier has stored XSS in the Announcements, allowing privilege escalation from …

Published May 11, 2017 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Invision Power Services (IPS) Community Suite 4.1.19.2 and earlier has stored XSS in the Announcements, allowing privilege escalation from an Invision Power Board moderator to an admin. An attack uses the announce_content parameter in an index.php?/modcp/announcements/&action=create request. This is related to the "<> Source" option.

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