What is CVE-2017-15911?

CVE-2017-15911 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Igniterealtime Openfire, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2017-10-26.

How severe is CVE-2017-15911?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Igniterealtime Openfire

CVE-2017-15911

The Admin Console in Ignite Realtime Openfire Server before 4.1.7 allows arbitrary client-side JavaScript code execution on victims who click a crafted setup/setup-host-settings.jsp?domain= link, aka XSS. Session ID and data theft may follow as well as the possibility of bypassing CSRF protections, injection of iframes to establish communication channels, etc. The vulnerability is present after login into the application.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (50.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Igniterealtime Openfire
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15911?: CVE-2017-15911 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Igniterealtime Openfire, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2017-10-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-15911?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.