CVE-2009-1596

MEDIUM

Igniterealtime Openfire < 3.6.5 - Authentication Bypass

Title source: rule

Description

Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.6.5 does not properly implement the register.password (aka canChangePassword) console configuration setting, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended policy and change their own passwords via a passwd_change IQ packet.

References (6)

[Broken Link, Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/34984

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.igniterealtime.org/community/message/190280

[Patch, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory] http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1532

[Broken Link] http://www.osvdb.org/54189

[Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34804

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50291

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0035

EPSS Percentile 57.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-287

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

igniterealtime/openfire < 3.6.5

Timeline

Published May 11, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026