HTML Injection Vulnerability in Shout IRC Client (Versions 0.44.0 - 0.49.3)

CVE-2017-16043 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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