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CVE-2017-16043

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Date: June 4, 2018

Shout is an IRC client. Because the "/topic" command in messages is unescaped, attackers have the ability to inject HTML scripts that will run in the victim's browser. Affects shout >=0.44.0 <=0.49.3.

Language: JS

Severity Score

Related Resources (6)

https://github.com/erming/shout/pull/344
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/322
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/322
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16043
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-26q7-g57v-mxcp
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-16043

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CWE-74

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

CWE-80

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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