Path Traversal in Igniterealtime Openfire
CVE-2008-6508
Directory traversal vulnerability in the AuthCheck filter in the Admin Console in Openfire 3.6.0a and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and access the admin interface via a .. (dot dot) in a URI that matches the Exclude-Strings list, as demonstrated by a /setup/setup-/.. sequence in a URI.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.837 (99.7th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.834 · newest: 0.837 · change: +0.003
Affected products
- Igniterealtime Openfire — versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7075 (exploit)
- www.andreas-kurtz.de/advisories/AKADV2008-001-v1.0.txt (Exploit)
- www.igniterealtime.org/builds/openfire/docs/latest/changelog.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/32478 (third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/49663 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.andreas-kurtz.de/archives/63
- www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1489 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32189 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46488 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498162/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-6508?
- CVE-2008-6508 is a vulnerability in Igniterealtime Openfire, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2009-03-23.
- Is CVE-2008-6508 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.