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CVE-2008-2841

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 15.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-06-24 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in XChat 2.8.7b and earlier on Windows, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the --command parameter in an ircs:// URI.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: all versions
• xchat: through 2.8.7b

References

• http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=4218
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30695
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29696
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43065
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5795
• http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=4218
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30695
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29696
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43065
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5795

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