{"id":"CVE-2017-5858","aliases":["EUVD-2020-1338","GHSA-w973-2qcc-p78x"],"status":"published","title":"User Impersonation in converse.js","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. 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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).","status":"published","published":"2017-02-09T20:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T15:11:48.917Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:12.267141Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2020-1338","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 Converse.js (0.8.0 - 1.0.6, 2.0.0 - 2.0.4).","status":"published","published":"2017-02-09T20:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T15:11:48Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:39:13.965943Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-w973-2qcc-p78x","title":"User Impersonation in converse.js","description":"Versions of `converse.js` prior to 1.0.7 for 1.x or 2.0.5 for 2.x are vulnerable to User Impersonation. The package provides an incorrect implementation of [XEP-0280: Message Carbons](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0280.html) that 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.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nIf you're using `converse.js` 1.x, upgrade to 1.0.7 or later.\nIf you're using `converse.js` 2.x, upgrade to 2.0.5 or later.","status":"published","published":"2020-09-11T21:19:09Z","modified":"2023-01-09T05:03:49Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":5.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-346"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:06.884904Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2017-5858","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. 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This allows for various kinds of social engineering attacks.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nIf you're using `converse.js` 1.x, upgrade to 1.0.7 or later.\nIf you're using `converse.js` 2.x, upgrade to 2.0.5 or later.","status":"published","published":"2020-09-11T21:19:09Z","modified":"2023-11-08T03:59:23.283215Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":5.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-346"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:58.401149Z"}]}}