CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-5858

5.9 MEDIUM Published 2017-02-09 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-02-09
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-20, CWE-346

Description

An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display. This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks. This CVE is for Converse.js (0.8.0 - 1.0.6, 2.0.0 - 2.0.4).

Affected configurations

• conversejs converse.js 0.8.0 • conversejs converse.js 0.8.1 • conversejs converse.js 0.8.2 • conversejs converse.js 0.8.3 • conversejs converse.js 0.8.4 • conversejs converse.js 0.8.5 • conversejs converse.js 0.8.6 • conversejs converse.js 0.9.0 • conversejs converse.js 0.9.1 • conversejs converse.js 0.9.2 • conversejs converse.js 0.9.3 • conversejs converse.js 0.9.4 • conversejs converse.js 0.9.5 • conversejs converse.js 0.9.6 • conversejs converse.js 0.10.0 • conversejs converse.js 0.10.1 • conversejs converse.js 1.0.0 • conversejs converse.js 1.0.1 • conversejs converse.js 1.0.2 • conversejs converse.js 1.0.3 • conversejs converse.js 1.0.4 • conversejs converse.js 1.0.5 • conversejs converse.js 1.0.6 • conversejs converse.js 2.0.0 • conversejs converse.js 2.0.1 • conversejs converse.js 2.0.2 • conversejs converse.js 2.0.3 • conversejs converse.js 2.0.4

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
  • CWE-346 Origin Validation Error weakness

References