Cross-site scripting in Rocket.Chat - CVE-2017-1000054

 

Cross-site scripting in Rocket.Chat - CVE-2017-1000054

Published: July 17, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38701
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000054
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Rocket.Chat Technologies Corp.
Affected software:
Rocket.Chat

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Rocket.Chat version 0.8.0 and newer is vulnerable to XSS in the markdown link parsing code for messages.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-1000054

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources