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high 7.5

CVE-2008-6508 in the critical feed json

Directory traversal vulnerability in the AuthCheck filter in the Admin Console in Openfire 3.6.0a and earlier allows remote attackers to by…

published 2009-03-23 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-6475

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
83.7%
EPSS 83.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the AuthCheck filter in the Admin Console in Openfire 3.6.0a and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and access the admin interface via a .. (dot dot) in a URI that matches the Exclude-Strings list, as demonstrated by a /setup/setup-/.. sequence in a URI.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-7075)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

83.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/multi/http/openfire_auth_bypass Openfire Admin Console Authentication Bypass metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2008-11-10
  • EDB-19432 Openfire Server 3.6.0a - Admin Console Authentication Bypass (Metasploit) webapps, 2012-06-28
  • EDB-7075 Openfire Server 3.6.0a - Authentication Bypass / SQL Injection / Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2008-11-09
  • andreas-kurtz.de http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/advisories/AKADV2008-001-v1.0.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • osvdb.org http://osvdb.org/49663 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32189 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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