CVE-2015-10079: juju2143 WalrusIRC parser.js parseLinks cross site scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-02-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A vulnerability was found in juju2143 WalrusIRC 0.0.2. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function parseLinks of the file public/parser.js. The manipulation of the argument text leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 0.0.3 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 45fd885895ae13e8d9b3a71e89d59768914f60af. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-220751.

Affected products

juju2143 WalrusIRC: 0.0.2

References

https://github.com/juju2143/walrusirc/commit/45fd885895ae13e8d9b3a71e89d59768914f60af
https://github.com/juju2143/walrusirc/releases/tag/0.0.3
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220751
https://vuldb.com/?id.220751
https://github.com/juju2143/walrusirc/commit/45fd885895ae13e8d9b3a71e89d59768914f60af
https://github.com/juju2143/walrusirc/releases/tag/0.0.3
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220751
https://vuldb.com/?id.220751

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