How severe is CVE-2017-8898?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of CRITICAL with a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2017-8898?

This is classified as CWE-79, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2017-8898 - CRITICAL Severity | CVSS 9.8

Vulnerability 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.

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