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high 7.5

CVE-2016-9107 json

The OTR plugin for Gajim sends information in cleartext when using XHTML, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via…

published 2017-01-13 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-9928

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The OTR plugin for Gajim sends information in cleartext when using XHTML, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-9107 updated cvss 5.3

gajim: OTR leaks cleartext when using XHTML

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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