CVE-2024-25420

HIGH

Ignite Realtime Openfire <4.8.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 4.8.1 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the admin.authorizedJIDs system property component.

References (6)

Core 6

Core References

Product

https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/blob/main/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/admin/AdminManager.java

View Writeup ZIP pw:eip

Various Sources

https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2758

Exploit, Third Party Advisory

https://www.hackthebox.com/blog/openfire-cves-explained-CVE-2024-25420-CVE-2024-25421

Product, Release Notes

https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/

Issue Tracking

https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/pull/2411

Release Notes

https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/releases/tag/v4.8.1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2

EPSS 0.0162

EPSS Percentile 81.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-273

Status published

Products (2)

igniterealtime/openfire < 4.9.0

org.igniterealtime.openfire/xmppserver 0 - 4.8.1Maven

Published Mar 26, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026