What is CVE-2018-6591?

CVE-2018-6591 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Conversejs Converse.js, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-6591?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Conversejs Converse.js

CVE-2018-6591

Converse.js and Inverse.js through 3.3 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information because it is too difficult to determine whether safe publication of private data was configured or even intended. For example, users might have an expectation that chatroom bookmarks are private, but the various interacting software components do not necessarily make that happen.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.011 (62.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Conversejs Converse.js
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6591?: CVE-2018-6591 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Conversejs Converse.js, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2018-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-6591?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.