CVE-2017-16043

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-16043

Assigner
support@hackerone.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2018-06-04T19:29:02

Last Modified Date
2019-10-09T23:24:39

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-74	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/74.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:shout_project:shout::::::node.js::*	1	OR	0.44.0	0.50.0

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
LOW

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
6.1

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
2.7

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/322	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/erming/shout/pull/344	Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16043
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16043

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:11:06				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 07:10:26	cve-assignments@hackerone.com	support@hackerone.com	CVE Assigner	updated
2022-12-03 07:10:26	2018-06-04T19:29Z	2018-06-04T19:29:02	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 07:10:26		2019-10-09T23:24:39	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 07:10:26		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated