What is CVE-2018-13878?

CVE-2018-13878 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rocket.chat, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-07-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-13878?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Rocket.chat

CVE-2018-13878

An XSS issue was discovered in packages/rocketchat-mentions/Mentions.js in Rocket.Chat before 0.65. The real name of a username is displayed unescaped when the user is mentioned (using the @ symbol) in a channel or private chat. Consequently, it is possible to exfiltrate the secret token of every user and also admins in the channel.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Rocket.chat
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-13878?: CVE-2018-13878 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rocket.chat, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-07-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-13878?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.