Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0787

RCE

Title: XChat URL shell-metacharacter launching allows command execution

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2000-0787

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Oct 20, 2000

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

9.21%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0787: IRC Xchat client versions 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by encoding shell metacharacters into a URL which XChat uses to launch a web browser.

Impacted Vendors

xchat 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0215.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0301.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0305.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-055.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1601 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0215.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0301.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0305.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-055.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1601

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-0787 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20161

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 20, 2000 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.