X7Chat <= 2.0.2 avatar XSS injection

Discovered by: Nomenumbra

Date: 6/4/2006

impact:moderate (privilege escalation,possible defacement)

X7Chat versions 2.0.2 and below are prone to XSS injection in a user's avatar.

By setting this as the url of your avatar:

javascript:alert('xss')

you'd have some good ol' XSS

Nomenumbra/[0x4F4C]

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