CVE-2018-20524 — The Chat Anywhere extension 2

The Chat Anywhere extension 2.4.0 for Chrome allows XSS via crafted use of <<a> in a message, because a danmuWrapper DIV element in chatbox-only\danmu.js is outside the scope of a Content Security Policy (CSP).

01What is this vulnerability?

The Chat Anywhere extension 2.4.0 for Chrome allows XSS via crafted use of <<a> in a message, because a danmuWrapper DIV element in chatbox-only\danmu.js is outside the scope of a Content Security Policy (CSP).

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-12-27T17:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-17T03:18:30.301Z

09References

• vul.su.ki — https://vul.su.ki/posts/Chat_Anywhere_2.4.0_XSS.md/