CVE-2023-32315

Openfire administration console authentication bypass

Exploited in attacks High 8.6 Attack chance: >99.9%

What it is

Openfire is an XMPP server licensed under the Open Source Apache License. Openfire's administrative console, a web-based application, was found to be vulnerable to a path traversal attack via the setup environment. This permitted an unauthenticated user to use the unauthenticated Openfire Setup Environment in an already configured Openfire environment to access restricted pages in the Openfire Admin Console reserved for administrative users. This vulnerability affects all versions of Openfire that have been released since April 2015, starting with version 3.10.0. The problem has been patched in Openfire release 4.7.5 and 4.6.8, and further improvements will be included in the yet-to-be released first version on the 4.8 branch (which is expected to be version 4.8.0). Users are advised to upgrade. If an Openfire upgrade isn’t available for a specific release, or isn’t quickly actionable, users may see the linked github advisory (GHSA-gw42-f939-fhvm) for mitigation advice.

CISA: Ignite Realtime Openfire contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to access restricted pages in the Openfire Admin Console reserved for administrative users.

What to do

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Deadline for US federal agencies: September 14, 2023

Added to the CISA list: August 24, 2023
Published: May 26, 2023
Severity: High 8.6 CVSS 3.1
Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS): >99.9% in the top 0.1% of all known vulnerabilities
Weakness: CWE-22
More details: NVD · CVE.org · CISA

All references (2)

Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.