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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-16043

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.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:44 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-16043

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Jun 2018, 19:29 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2017-16043
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16043",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-16043",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:46.600724121Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/erming/shout/pull/344",
        "https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/322"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379692,
  "published_at": "2018-06-04T19:29:02.147+00:00"
}