An exploit discovered on Counter Strike 2a multiplayer first-person shooter, has caused quite a bit of concern in the gaming community.
We are talking about one that has not yet been ascertained XSS vulnerability which he apparently exploits blocks of HTML code of the game to view GIF potentially dangerous for gamers. In fact, this type of exploit would allow attackers to easily obtain theIP address of any gamer.
Some people would have made the flaw known youtuber with large followings who, during their videos, would display this disturbing vulnerability. Among these is a content creator who is quite famous in the community, namely Ozzny CS2which can count almost 24,000 members to your channel.
Precisely in a dedicated video, the YouTuber openly advises against playing Counter Strike 2 until Valve will not intervene with a corrective patch. Ozzny himself, through a tweet from his personal account, explained how using a simple IP logger a cybercriminal can obtain the IP of the player.
Counter Strike 2, the reported vulnerability puts the IP address of the players at risk
The cybersecurity researcher Jason Thor Hall he chose instead Twitch to warn gamers. Hall, who also deals with game development, highlighted how this XSS vulnerability can be very dangerous and how Valve needs to intervene as soon as possible.
Although there is no concrete evidence of the exploitation of this flaw, given the popularity of the title in question, it is advisable to maintain a cautious attitude on the part of players. As happened with a malware attack related to Call of Duty over the past summer, the company that owns Steam at the moment he seems to be keeping a low profile, without making any particular statements on the matter.
The hope is that, within a few days, a corrective patch will be published that will allow Counter Strike 2 fans to be able to access the game servers again.