CVE-2016-9107
The OTR plugin for Gajim sends information in cleartext when using XHTML, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.10%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The OTR plugin for Gajim sends information in cleartext when using XHTML, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.10% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- otr/gajim-otr
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94099Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim-plugins/issues/145Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://trac-plugins.gajim.org/changeset/c7c2e519ed63377bc943dd01c4661b0fe49321aePermissions Required
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/30/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94099Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim-plugins/issues/145Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://trac-plugins.gajim.org/changeset/c7c2e519ed63377bc943dd01c4661b0fe49321aePermissions Required
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.