Description
An XSS issue was discovered in packages/rocketchat-mentions/Mentions.js in Rocket.Chat before 0.65. The real name of a username is displayed unescaped when the user is mentioned (using the @ symbol) in a channel or private chat. Consequently, it is possible to exfiltrate the secret token of every user and also admins in the channel.
Published: 2018-07-11
Score: 6.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-5812 An XSS issue was discovered in packages/rocketchat-mentions/Mentions.js in Rocket.Chat before 0.65. The real name of a username is displayed unescaped when the user is mentioned (using the @ symbol) in a channel or private chat. Consequently, it is possible to exfiltrate the secret token of every user and also admins in the channel.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:20:43.337Z

Reserved: 2018-07-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-13878

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-07-11T01:29:01.503

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:48:14.740

Link: CVE-2018-13878

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