CVSS 3.1
5.9 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NCVE-2017-5591
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 SleekXMPP up to 1.3.1 and Slixmpp all versions up to 1.2.3, as bundled in poezio (0.8 - 0.10) and other products.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 77% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-20, CWE-346
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- poezio:poezio
- sleekxmpp_project:sleekxmpp
- slixmpp_project:slixmpp
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-c35g-jr5f-h83p | PyPI | slixmpp | <1.2.4 | 1.2.4 |
| GHSA-c35g-jr5f-h83p | PyPI | sleekxmpp | <1.3.2 | 1.3.2 |
| PYSEC-2017-103 | PyPI | sleekxmpp | <1.3.2 | 1.3.2 |
| PYSEC-2017-104 | PyPI | slixmpp | <1.2.4 | 1.2.4 |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96166
- https://github.com/poezio/slixmpp/commit/22664ee7b86c8e010f312b66d12590fb47160ad8
- https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons/
- https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf