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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-8291

A link preview rendering issue in Rocket.Chat versions before 3.9 could lead to potential XSS attacks.

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CVE-2020-8291
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31 Oct 2026, 11:30 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-8291

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Oct 2021, 13:15 UTC

A link preview rendering issue in Rocket.Chat versions before 3.9 could lead to potential XSS attacks.

osv:CVE-2020-8291
Complete source record
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