CVE-2018-13879 is a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Rocket.Chat versions prior to 0.66. Specifically, it occurs during account registration when an attempted username containing HTML control characters is displayed unescaped in an error message. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited with low privileges and user interaction over a network, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.66CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rocket.chat:rocket.chat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.