CVE-2024-25420 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire v.4.9.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the admin.authorizedJIDs system property component.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Igniterealtime	Openfire

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/blob/main/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/admin/AdminManager.java
https://www.hackthebox.com/blog/openfire-cves-explained-CVE-2024-25420-CVE-2024-25421
https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/

History

Wed, 07 May 2025 01:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Igniterealtime Igniterealtime openfire
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire::::::::
Vendors & Products		Igniterealtime Igniterealtime openfire

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-03-26T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-02T19:23:54.621Z

Reserved: 2024-02-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2024-25420

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T23:44:09.222Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-26T21:15:52.710

Modified: 2025-05-07T01:20:27.840

Link: CVE-2024-25420

Redhat

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