User Impersonation Affecting converse.js package, versions <1.0.7>=2.0.0 <2.0.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-CONVERSEJS-449664
  • published12 Jun 2019
  • disclosed9 Feb 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-5858  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-346  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade converse.js to version 1.0.7, 2.0.5 or higher.

Overview

converse.js is a web based XMPP/Jabber chat client.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to User Impersonation. 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.

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