CVE-2017-8899
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.48% probability · 74th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-200
- Affected
- invisioncommunity/invision power board
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.