8.8
HIGH CVSS 3.0
CVE-2018-10847
Prosody XMPP Server Authentication Bypass
Description

prosody before versions 0.10.2, 0.9.14 is vulnerable to an Authentication Bypass. Prosody did not verify that the virtual host associated with a user session remained the same across stream restarts. A user may authenticate to XMPP host A and migrate their authenticated session to XMPP host B of the same Prosody instance.

INFO

Published Date :

July 30, 2018, 5:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:42 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-10847 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Prosody prosody
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Follow the instructions below to mitigate the CVE-2018-10847 vulnerability.
Upgrade the prosody packages. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.7-2+deb8u4. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.12-2+deb9u2.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-10847.

URL Resource
https://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-10-2-security-release/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10847 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://issues.prosody.im/1147 Vendor Advisory
https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20180531/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4216 Third Party Advisory
https://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-10-2-security-release/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10847 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://issues.prosody.im/1147 Vendor Advisory
https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20180531/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4216 Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-10847 is associated with the following CWEs:

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-10847 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-10847 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-10-2-security-release/
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10847
    Added Reference https://issues.prosody.im/1147
    Added Reference https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20180531/
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4216
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-592
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20180531/ No Types Assigned https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20180531/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-10-2-security-release/ No Types Assigned https://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-10-2-security-release/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4216 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4216 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10847 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10847 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://issues.prosody.im/1147 No Types Assigned https://issues.prosody.im/1147 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-287
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.9.14 *cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:prosody:prosody:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 01, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4216 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 6.5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.26 }} 0.99%

score

0.78489

percentile