ICQ Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Summary
This host is installed with ICQ and is prone to cross-site scripting vulnerability.
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
Insight
The flaw is due to lack of input validation and output sanitisation of the profile entries. Impact Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to hijack session IDs of users and leverage the vulnerability to increase the attack vector to the underlying software and operating system of the victim. Impact Level: Application. Affected Software: ICQ version 7.5 and prior.
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