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TI-2017-06396 Aliases CVE-2017-8899GHSA-2vr7-h5jg-93gq

Invision Power Services (IPS) Community Suite 4.1.19.2 and earlier has a composite of…

Priority LOW 38CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Information disclosure, Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200 and CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0148 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:invisioncommunity:invision_power_board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.1.19.2Vulnerableinvisioncommunity
  • cpe:2.3:a:invisioncommunity:invision_power_board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.1.19.2 Vulnerable ·invisioncommunity

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-8899
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2vr7-h5jg-93gq

References

Exploit 3

  • TI-2012-04789 Unspecified vulnerability in admin/sources/base/core.php in Invision Power Board (aka IPB… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2012-01985 Invision Power Board before 3.3.1 fails to sanitize user-supplied input which could allow… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-05298 applications/core/modules/front/system/content.php in Invision Power Services IPS… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2017-06395 Invision Power Services (IPS) Community Suite 4.1.19.2 and earlier has stored XSS in the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-03245 Invision Power Board (IPB) through 3.x allows admin account takeover leading to code execution. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-04050 SQL injection vulnerability in Invision Power Board (aka IPB or IP.Board) before 3.4.6… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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