PT-2024-20933 · Ignite Realtime · Openfire

Stavros Manis + 1 · Published 2024-03-26 · Updated 2025-11-11 · CVE-2024-25420

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ignite Realtime Openfire versions 4.9.0 and earlier Ignite Realtime Openfire versions 4.8.0 and earlier

Description The issue allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the admin.authorizedJIDs system property component or the ROOM CACHE component.

Recommendations For versions 4.9.0 and earlier, consider disabling the admin.authorizedJIDs system property component until a patch is available. For versions 4.8.0 and earlier, restrict access to the ROOM CACHE component to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

CWE-273

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-25420

GHSA-5XVC-RWV8-86P7

GHSA-6PWG-GG6J-5CRM

Affected Products

Openfire

References · 18

• 🔥 https://hackthebox.com/blog/openfire-cves-explained-CVE-2024-25420-CVE-2024-25421 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-25420 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6pwg-gg6j-5crm · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25420 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25421 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5xvc-rwv8-86p7 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire · Note
• https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/blob/main/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/muc/spi/LocalMUCRoomManager.java · Note
• https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/pull/2411 · Note
• https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/blob/main/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/admin/AdminManager.java · Note
• https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/releases/tag/v4.8.1 · Note
• https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/commit/d66bddd29dbf56aa9b822635619fa66cca6f2112 · Note
• https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/commit/5c022bfa82d71d1710381ab395b100cdbcb8f310 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1772719221652468194 · Twitter Post
• https://igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire · Note