# CVE-2017-8897: Invision Power Services (IPS) Community Suite 4.1.19.2 and earlier has pre-auth reflected XSS in the IPS UTF8 Converter v1.1.18: admin/conve

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-05-11 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Invision Power Services (IPS) Community Suite 4.1.19.2 and earlier has pre-auth reflected XSS in the IPS UTF8 Converter v1.1.18: admin/convertutf8/index.php?controller= is the attack vector. This UTF8 Converter vulnerability can easily be used to make a malicious announcement affecting any Invision Power Board user who views the announcement.

## What to do

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## References

- http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txt
- https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864
- https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248

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