What is CVE-2019-15488?

CVE-2019-15488 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Igniterealtime Openfire, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-08-23.

How severe is CVE-2019-15488?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Igniterealtime Openfire

CVE-2019-15488

Ignite Realtime Openfire before 4.4.1 has reflected XSS via an LDAP setup test.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-08-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Igniterealtime Openfire

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/compare/cd0a573...5e5d9e5 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/pull/1441 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15488?: CVE-2019-15488 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Igniterealtime Openfire, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2019-15488?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.