CVE-2017-5592

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Profanity versions 0.4.7 through 0.5.0

Description The issue is related to an incorrect implementation of XEP-0280: Message Carbons in multiple XMPP clients. This allows a remote attacker to impersonate any user, including contacts, in the vulnerable application's display, enabling various kinds of social engineering attacks.

Recommendations For versions 0.4.7 through 0.5.0, update to a version that correctly implements XEP-0280: Message Carbons to prevent impersonation and social engineering attacks.