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CVE-2017-5591

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 EPSS 1.71% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-02-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2017-5591
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.9
EPSS
1.71%

Original NVD 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.