Is CVE-2017-16043 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-16043 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-16043?

CVE-2017-16043 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-16043?

CVE-2017-16043 has an EPSS score of 1.01% (59th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-16043?

Upgrade shout to 0.50.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-16043

MEDIUM

6.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Shout is an IRC client. Because the `/topic` command in messages is unescaped, attackers have the ability to inject HTML scripts that will run in the victim's browser. Affects shout >=0.44.0 <=0.49.3.

CWE-80 CWE-74Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

shoutNVD

Affected:>= 0.44.0, < 0.50.0Fixed in:0.50.0CVE-2017-16043derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.01%probability of exploitation in 30 days

59thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 59% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.