CVE-2017-8920 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

irc.cgi in CGI:IRC before 0.5.12 reflects user-supplied input from the R parameter without proper output encoding, aka XSS.

Published: 2017-06-06

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cgiirc:cgi\:irc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-17860	irc.cgi in CGI:IRC before 0.5.12 reflects user-supplied input from the R parameter without proper output encoding, aka XSS.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00682.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://cgiirc.org/
https://github.com/dgl/cgiirc/commit/46dd48442204207b52c16065ad67d294194afd8d

History

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Subscriptions

Cgiirc Cgi\

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-06-06T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:22.715Z

Reserved: 2017-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8920

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-06T16:29:00.203

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:27:12.210

Link: CVE-2017-8920

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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