CVE-2009-0496

Ignite Realtime Openfire 3.6.2 - XSS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 3 public exploits for CVE-2009-0496. PoCs published by Federico Muttis.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Openfire 3.6.2, where user-supplied input is not properly sanitized. The example URL demonstrates how an attacker could inject arbitrary script code via the 'username' parameter.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Ignite Realtime Openfire 3.6.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) log parameter to (a) logviewer.jsp and (b) log.jsp; (2) search parameter to (c) group-summary.jsp; (3) username parameter to (d) user-properties.jsp; (4) logDir, (5) maxTotalSize, (6) maxFileSize, (7) maxDays, and (8) logTimeout parameters to (e) audit-policy.jsp; (9) propName parameter to (f) server-properties.jsp; and the (10) roomconfig_roomname and (11) roomconfig_roomdesc parameters to (g) muc-room-edit-form.jsp. NOTE: this can be leveraged for arbitrary code execution by using XSS to upload a malicious plugin.

Exploits (3)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Federico Muttis · textwebappsjsp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32678

The provided text describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Openfire 3.6.2, where user-supplied input is not properly sanitized. The example URL demonstrates how an attacker could inject arbitrary script code via the 'username' parameter.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Openfire 3.6.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target application's user-properties.jsp endpoint
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Federico Muttis · textwebappsjsp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32679

This exploit demonstrates a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Openfire by injecting malicious script code via the 'log' parameter in log.jsp. The payload uses an img tag with an onerror event to execute arbitrary JavaScript.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Openfire 3.6.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target Openfire instance
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Federico Muttis · textwebappsjsp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32677

The provided text describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Openfire 3.6.2, where insufficient input sanitization allows arbitrary script execution in a user's browser context. The example URL demonstrates the vulnerability but does not include executable exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Openfire 3.6.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to a vulnerable Openfire instance · Ability to craft a malicious URL
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (15)

Core 15
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=254309
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32943
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47835
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32940
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32944
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1506
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33452
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32935
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47845
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47834
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32939
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32938
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32937
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499880/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0435
EPSS Percentile 90.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
ignite_realtime/openfire 3.6.2
Published Feb 10, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026