CVE-2017-8899 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2017-8899

Invision Power Services (IPS) Community Suite 4.1.19.2 and earlier has...

Vulnerability Description

Invision Power Services (IPS) Community Suite 4.1.19.2 and earlier has a composite of Stored XSS and Information Disclosure issues in the attachments feature found in User CP. This can be triggered by any Invision Power Board user and can be used to gain access to moderator/admin accounts. The primary cause is the ability to upload an SVG document with a crafted attribute such an onload; however, full path disclosure is required for exploitation.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

invision power board
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: May 11th, 2017
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.