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Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Feb 9, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-5591

CVE-2017-5591

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.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
slixmppPyPI
< 1.2.41.2.4
SleekXMPPPyPI
< 1.3.21.3.2

Affected products

8
  • Poezio/Poezio4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:poezio:poezio:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:poezio:poezio:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:poezio:poezio:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:poezio:poezio:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:poezio:poezio:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Slixmpp Project/Sleekxmpp
    cpe:2.3:a:sleekxmpp_project:sleekxmpp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=1.3.1
  • Slixmpp Project/Slixmpp
    cpe:2.3:a:slixmpp_project:slixmpp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=1.2.3
  • ghsa-coords2 versions
    pkg:pypi/sleekxmpppkg:pypi/slixmpp
    < 1.3.2+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: < 1.3.2
    • (no CPE)range: < 1.2.4

Patches

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References

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