Gajim up to 1.4.7 XML privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Gajim up to 1.4.7. This impacts an unknown function of the component XML Handler. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-39835. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Gajim up to 1.4.7. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component XML Handler. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Gajim through 1.4.7. The vulnerability allows attackers, via crafted XML stanzas, to correct messages that were not sent by them. The attacker needs to be part of the group chat or single chat.

The weakness was disclosed 09/28/2022. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-39835 since 09/05/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Temp Score: 4.5
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NVD Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/05/2022 🔍
09/28/2022 +23 days 🔍
09/28/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/21/2025 +966 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: dev.gajim.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2022-39835 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-39835
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209647

Entryinfo

Created: 09/28/2022 06:51
Updated: 05/21/2025 20:03
Changes: 09/28/2022 06:51 (34), 10/24/2022 14:58 (1), 05/21/2025 20:03 (26)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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