PT-2024-20934 · Ignite Realtime · Openfire

Stavros Manis + 1 · Published 2024-03-26 · Updated 2025-05-07 · CVE-2024-25421

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the ROOM CACHE component.

Recommendations For versions 4.9.0 and earlier, update to a version later than 4.9.0. For versions 4.8.0 and earlier, update to a version later than 4.8.0. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the ROOM CACHE component until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

CWE-250

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-25421

GHSA-6PWG-GG6J-5CRM

Affected Products

Openfire

References · 11

• 🔥 https://hackthebox.com/blog/openfire-cves-explained-CVE-2024-25420-CVE-2024-25421 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25421 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6pwg-gg6j-5crm · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-25421 · 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/commit/d66bddd29dbf56aa9b822635619fa66cca6f2112 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1772755752823750744 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/121132 · Telegram Post
• https://igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1772719222621442065 · Twitter Post