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
Published May 11, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.89%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 4.1.19.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.89% (0.01890) | 78.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.89% (0.01890) | 76.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00263) | 66.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 24, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00263) | 65.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 0.23% (0.00230) | 60.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00188) | 55.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 0.17% (0.00170) | 52.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00152) | 50.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.79% (0.00787) | 78.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.58th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 23.96th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 57.50th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (3)
- http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txt x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864 x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248 x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://zeroday.insecurity.zone/exploits/ipb_owned.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://twitter.com/insecurity/status/862154908895780864 | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://twitter.com/sxcurity/status/862284967715381248 | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory |
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