CVE-2000-0787

Exp

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.

Published: 2000-10-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0787 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.21%, 95th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0787

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20161 exploit_db edb 2000-08-17 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0787

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 8.60% 9.21% +0.61%
2 2026-01-28 12.34% 8.60% -3.74%
3 2025-03-30 — 12.34% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0787

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0787

OS Trackers for CVE-2000-0787

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0787

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0787

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xchat xchat 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xchat xchat 1.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xchat xchat 1.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xchat xchat 1.3.11 cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xchat xchat 1.3.12 cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xchat xchat 1.3.13 cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xchat xchat 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xchat xchat 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xchat xchat 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xchat xchat 1.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xchat xchat 1.5.xdev cpe:2.3:a:xchat:xchat:1.5.xdev:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0787

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