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CVE-2017-5858

5.9 mediumEPSS 0.9%

Medium (5.9) in conversejs converse.js. EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in converse.js 1.0.7, 2.0.5.

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).

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.9 medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 60% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs
CWE-20, CWE-346
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-w973-2qcc-p78xnpmconverse.js<1.0.71.0.7
GHSA-w973-2qcc-p78xnpmconverse.js>=2.0.0 <2.0.52.0.5

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