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
Published Feb 9, 2017
5.9
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.73%
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 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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.73% (0.01728) | 76.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.26% (0.01263) | 65.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.34% (0.00337) | 54.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00248) | 65.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.21% (0.00211) | 59.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.21% (0.00211) | 57.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.57% (0.01565) | 33.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.57% (0.01565) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (14)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/29 x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96166 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c35g-jr5f-h83p Advisory
- https://github.com/fritzy/SleekXMPP/commit/285495d5ee2427d93d961ceedcd1829383e5196d
- https://github.com/fritzy/SleekXMPP/issues/442
- https://github.com/poezio/slixmpp/commit/22664ee7b86c8e010f312b66d12590fb47160ad8 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/sleekxmpp/PYSEC-2017-103.yaml
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/slixmpp/PYSEC-2017-104.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5591
- https://pypi.org/project/sleekxmpp
- https://pypi.org/project/slixmpp
- https://rt-solutions.de/en/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons x_refsource_MISCExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- https://rt-solutions.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CVE-2017-5589_xmpp_carbons.pdf x_refsource_MISCExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227192025/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96166
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