VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-16043

CVSS score6.1 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.00%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-06-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
  • CWE-80: Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

Primary references