Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in the (1) now-playing.rb and (2) xmms.pl 1.1…
Priority LOW 34Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in the (1) now-playing.rb and (2) xmms.pl 1.1 scripts for WeeChat allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary IRC commands via CRLF sequences in the name of the song in a .mp3 file.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01809 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-4398
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f72g-w3rw-4xmp
References
Advisory 1
Other 6
- 39564
- 39565
- 20070812 Vulnerability in multiple "now playing" scripts for various IRC clients
- http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=weechat/scripts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7429c29a2fab6d7493c0188b5f631a7c2ae1533d
- http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=weechat/scripts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=76f7f7b502352ba2b823e3388a2ca88840fd1945
- http://wouter.coekaerts.be/site/security/nowplaying
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Sources
- CVE-2007-4398 · CVE Program
- CVE-2007-4398 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f72g-w3rw-4xmp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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