CVE-2017-5592

PoC ×3—

CVSS 3.1

5.9 medium

EPSS

<1%p56

Published

Feb 9, 2017 (Feb 9, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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 profanity (0.4.7 - 0.5.0).

Vendors: profanity project
Products: profanity
Weakness: CWE-20, CWE-346
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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