CVE-2017-16043 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Reference

https://github.com/erming/shout/pull/344 https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/322

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.1