CVE-2008-6508

highpriority · attend · 69EPSS 0.837 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

83.7% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

26 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimary

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/multi/http/openfire_auth_bypassOpenfire Admin Console Authentication Bypassweaponized · metasploit
EDB-19432Openfire Server 3.6.0a - Admin Console Authentication Bypass (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
EDB-7075Openfire Server 3.6.0a - Authentication Bypass / SQL Injection / Cross-Site Scriptingfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (26)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
igniterealtime openfire≤ 3.6.0anvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire= 2.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire= 2.6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire= 2.6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire= 3.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire= 3.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire= 3.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire= 3.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire= 3.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire= 3.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire= 3.2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire= 3.2.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire= 3.2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire= 3.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire= 3.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire= 3.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire= 3.4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire= 3.4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire= 3.4.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-03-23modified 2026-06-16

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references (22)

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