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SCA: security update for converse.js (GHSA-w973-2qcc-p78x)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 419830

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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). (CVE-2017-5858)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w973-2qcc-p78x

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 419830

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5858

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5858

BID: 96183