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CVE-2002-0006

XChat 1.8.7 and earlier, including default configurations of 1.4.2 and 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary IRC commands as other clients via encoded characters in a PRIVMSG command that calls CTCP PING, which expands the characters in the client response when the percascii variable is set.

  • Published: Jun 25, 2002
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2002-0006
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
xchat / xchat 1.4.3 1.4.3.x
xchat / xchat 1.4.2 1.4.2.x