X7Chat <= 2.0.2 avatar XSS injection

2006.05.10

Credit: zerogue gmail com

Risk: Low

Local: No

Remote: Yes

CVE: CVE-2006-2282

CWE: CWE-79

CVSS Base Score: 4.3/10

Impact Subscore: 2.9/10

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6/10

Exploit range: Remote

Attack complexity: Medium

Authentication: No required

Confidentiality impact: None

Integrity impact: Partial

Availability impact: None

X7Chat <= 2.0.2 avatar XSS injection
Discovered by: Nomenumbra
Date: 6/4/2006
impact:moderate (privilege escalation,possible defacement)
X7Chat versions 2.0.2 and below are prone to XSS injection in a user's avatar.
By setting this as the url of your avatar:
javascript:alert('xss')
you'd have some good ol' XSS
Nomenumbra/[0x4F4C]

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