Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Lifecycle Timeline
1Blast Radius
ecosystem impact- 1 pypi packages depend on slixmpp (1 direct, 0 indirect)
Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 1.4.2.
DescriptionNVD
slixmpp version before commit 7cd73b594e8122dddf847953fcfc85ab4d316416 contains an incorrect Access Control vulnerability in XEP-0223 plugin (Persistent Storage of Private Data via PubSub) options profile, used for the configuration of default access model that can result in all of the contacts of the victim can see private data having been published to a PEP node. This attack appears to be exploitable if the user of this library publishes any private data on PEP, the node isn't configured to be private. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in commit 7cd73b594e8122dddf847953fcfc85ab4d316416 which is included in slixmpp 1.4.2.
AnalysisAI
slixmpp version before commit 7cd73b594e8122dddf847953fcfc85ab4d316416 contains an incorrect Access Control vulnerability in XEP-0223 plugin (Persistent Storage of Private Data via PubSub) options. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
Technical ContextAI
slixmpp version before commit 7cd73b594e8122dddf847953fcfc85ab4d316416 contains an incorrect Access Control vulnerability in XEP-0223 plugin (Persistent Storage of Private Data via PubSub) options profile, used for the configuration of default access model that can result in all of the contacts of the victim can see private data having been published to a PEP node. This attack appears to be exploitable if the user of this library publishes any private data on PEP, the node isn't configured to be private. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in commit 7cd73b594e8122dddf847953fcfc85ab4d316416 which is included in slixmpp 1.4.2. Affected products include: Slixmpp Project Slixmpp.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to imperson
Slixmpp before 1.8.3 lacks SSL Certificate hostname validation in XMLStream, allowing an attacker to pose as any server
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