CVE-2017-5858GHSA-W973-2QCC-P78X
An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, includ
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- published
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- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 1.0.7, 2.0.5
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- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
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).
Timeline
- CVE published
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Affected versions
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Version range not reported
- converse.jsnpm
fixed in 1.0.7
- converse.jsnpm
From 2.0.0 · fixed in 2.0.5