7.5

CVE-2000-0787: xchat

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 13-10-2000Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2000-0787 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in xchat. EPSS estimates a 9.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
42/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
9.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 13-10-2000
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

9.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 9.21% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
9.21%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified

    X-Chat 1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5 - Command Execution via URLs

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Xchat1 product
  • xchat1.2.1 | 1.3.9 | 1.3.10 | 1.3.11 | 1.3.12 | 1.3.13 | 1.4 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.5.6 | 1.5.xdev

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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