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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2024-25420 json

Ignite Realtime Openfire privilege escalation vulnerability

published 2024-03-26 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-5xvc-rwv8-86p7 , EUVD-2024-0837

cvss
7.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • maven org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver 4.8.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • hackthebox.com https://www.hackthebox.com/blog/openfire-cves-explained-CVE-2024-25420-CVE-2024-25421 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver
<4.8.1
4.8.1

Affected products

  • igniterealtime openfire

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-273 Improper Check for Dropped Privileges
  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

Sources

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