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Cryptocat
by:
SecurityFocus
7,5
CVSS
HIGH
Arbitrary Script-Injection
79
CWE
Product Name: Cryptocat
Affected Version From: Cryptocat 2.0.22
Affected Version To: Cryptocat 2.0.21
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
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Nuclei References: N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: N/A
2013

Cryptocat Arbitrary Script-Injection Vulnerability

Cryptocat is prone to an arbitrary script-injection vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary script code within the context of the application.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that untrusted data is not used to execute arbitrary script code.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61093/info

Cryptocat is prone to an arbitrary script-injection vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary script code within the context of the application.

Versions prior to Cryptocat 2.0.22 are vulnerable. 

Http://example.come/data:image/foo;base64,PGh0bWw+PGlmcmFtZSBzcmM9Imh0dHA6Ly9ldmlsLmNvbS8iPjwvaWZyYW1lPjwvaHRtbD4NCg