What is CVE-2014-3451?

CVE-2014-3451 is a high-severity vulnerability in Igniterealtime Openfire, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2014-3451?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Igniterealtime Openfire

CVE-2014-3451

OpenFire XMPP Server before 3.10 accepts self-signed certificates, which allows remote attackers to perform unspecified spoofing attacks.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

Published 2017-08-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Igniterealtime Openfire

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/23/16 (mailing-list, Mailing List, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535363/100/1100/threaded (mailing-list)
community.igniterealtime.org/blogs/ignite/2015/04/22/openfire-3100-released (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/131614/OpenFire-XMPP-3.9.3-Certificate-Handling.h… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/74305 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-3451?: CVE-2014-3451 is a high-severity vulnerability in Igniterealtime Openfire, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2014-3451?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.