Vigil@nce - Python Slixmpp: privilege escalation via XEP-0223 Plugin
April 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: openSUSE Leap, SLES.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: privileged access/rights, user access/rights.
Provenance: intranet client.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 13/02/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via XEP-0223 Plugin of Python
Slixmpp, in order to escalate his privileges.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Python-Slixmpp-privilege-escalation-via-XEP-0223-Plugin-28504