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CVE-2024-25421

An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire v.4.9.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the ROOM_CACHE component.

Published: Mar 26, 2024Updated: May 7, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-250
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
1.7%
Top 26.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Ignite Realtime Openfire privilege escalation vulnerability

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-250

Affected Products

org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserverMavenOSS Libraries
n/an/a
openfireigniterealtime
Mixed
Communications / messaging-chat
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
igniterealtimeoss-projectCommunicationsaka openfire, smack, smack api

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25421
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/commit/d66bddd29dbf56aa9b822635619fa66cca6f2112
github.com
https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Mar 26, 2024
Last Updated
May 7, 2025

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