CVE-2019-18394

CRITICAL EXPLOITED IN THE WILD NUCLEI

Ignite Realtime Openfire < 4.4.2 - Server-Side Request Forgery via FaviconServlet

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2019-18394 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV, InTheWild.io). EIP tracks 2 public exploits from researchers including dawetmaster, andikahilmy. A Nuclei detection template is also available.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository appears to be a fork or clone of the Openfire project itself, containing build scripts, Dockerfiles, and source code for the Openfire XMPP server. It does not contain any exploit code or proof-of-concept for CVE-2019-18394.

Description

A Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in FaviconServlet.java in Ignite Realtime Openfire through 4.4.2 allows attackers to send arbitrary HTTP GET requests.

Exploits (2)

nomisec STUB
by dawetmaster · poc
https://github.com/dawetmaster/CVE-2019-18394-Openfire-vulnerable

This repository appears to be a fork or clone of the Openfire project itself, containing build scripts, Dockerfiles, and source code for the Openfire XMPP server. It does not contain any exploit code or proof-of-concept for CVE-2019-18394.

Classification
Stub 95%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Openfire XMPP Server
No auth needed
Prerequisites: None
devstral-2 · analyzed Mar 14, 2026 Full analysis →
nomisec STUB
by andikahilmy · poc
https://github.com/andikahilmy/CVE-2019-18394-Openfire-vulnerable

This repository appears to be a fork or clone of the Openfire project itself, containing build scripts, Dockerfiles, and source code for the Openfire XMPP server. There is no exploit code or proof-of-concept for CVE-2019-18394 present in the provided files.

Classification
Stub 90%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Openfire XMPP Server
No auth needed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Nuclei Templates (1)

Ignite Realtime Openfire <=4.4.2 - Server-Side Request Forgery
CRITICALVERIFIEDby pdteam
Shodan: http.title:"openfire admin console" || http.title:"openfire"
FOFA: title="openfire" || title="openfire admin console"

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/pull/1497
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
https://swarm.ptsecurity.com/openfire-admin-console/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.9327
EPSS Percentile 99.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2023-11-14
InTheWild.io 2021-04-18
CWE
CWE-918
Status published
Products (2)
igniterealtime/openfire < 4.4.2
org.igniterealtime.openfire/parent 0 - 4.5.0-betaMaven
Published Oct 24, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026