CVE-2000-0787

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

IRC Xchat client versions 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by encoding shell metacharacters into a URL which XChat uses to launch a web browser.

Affected products

xchat: 1.2.1, 1.3.9, 1.3.10, 1.3.11, 1.3.12, 1.3.13 (+5)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0215.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0301.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0305.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-055.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1601
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0215.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0301.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0305.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-055.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1601

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