CVE-2008-2841
Argument injection vulnerability in XChat 2.8.7b and earlier on Windows, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to…
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Description
Argument injection vulnerability in XChat 2.8.7b and earlier on Windows, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the --command parameter in an ircs:// URI.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- XChat 2.8.7b - 'URI Handler' Remote Code Execution (Internet Explorer 6/7) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5795remote, windowspublished 13 Jun 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 5795 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.4% · top 3.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 29696 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=4218 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- xchat-ircs-command-execution(43065) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 5795 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 30695 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-2834 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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