Vulnerability in Xchat

CVE-2000-0787

IRC Xchat client versions 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by encoding shell metacharacters into a URL which XChat uses to launch a web browser.

EPSS: 0.092 (94.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Xchat — versions 1.2.1, 1.3.9, 1.3.10
  • N/a — versions n/a

References