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[ CVE-2023-32315 · Published 26 May 2023 ]

Ignite Realtime Openfire Path Traversal Vulnerability

Exploited · CISA KEV CVSS 7.5 EPSS 100%Fix available

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

  • Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2023-08-24
  • EPSS: 100% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 100% of CVEs)

[ Description ]Official description

Openfire is an XMPP server licensed under the Open Source Apache License. Openfire's administrative console, a web-based application, was found to be vulnerable to a path traversal attack via the setup environment. This permitted an unauthenticated user to use the unauthenticated Openfire Setup Environment in an already configured Openfire environment to access restricted pages in the Openfire Admin Console reserved for administrative users. This vulnerability affects all versions of Openfire that have been released since April 2015, starting with version 3.10.0. The problem has been patched in Openfire release 4.7.5 and 4.6.8, and further improvements will be included in the yet-to-be released first version on the 4.8 branch (which is expected to be version 4.8.0). Users are advised to upgrade. If an Openfire upgrade isn’t available for a specific release, or isn’t quickly actionable, users may see the linked github advisory (GHSA-gw42-f939-fhvm) for mitigation advice.

CISA: Ignite Realtime Openfire contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to access restricted pages in the Openfire Admin Console reserved for administrative users.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 14 Sep 2023): Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

[ References ]References