CVE-2018-13879
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CVE-2018-13879 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. A reflected XSS issue was discovered in the registration form in Rocket.Chat before 0.66. When one creates an account, the next step will ask for a username. EPSS estimates a 0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A reflected XSS issue was discovered in the registration form in Rocket.Chat before 0.66. When one creates an account, the next step will ask for a username. This field will not save HTML control characters but an error will be displayed that shows the attempted username unescaped via packages/rocketchat-ui-login/client/username/username.js in packages/rocketchat-ui-login/client/username/username.html.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Rocket.Chat | Rocket.Chat | < 0.66 |
References
- https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/issues/10795Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/issues/10795Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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