CVE-2017-5592

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 profanity (0.4.7 - 0.5.0).
References
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:0.4.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:0.4.7:cyg1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:0.4.7:cyg2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:0.4.7:cyg3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:0.4.7:patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:0.5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:0.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2017-02-09 20:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:01


NVD link : CVE-2017-5592

Mitre link : CVE-2017-5592

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-5592


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Products Affected

profanity_project

  • profanity
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

CWE-346

Origin Validation Error