CVE-2024-25421
criticalpriority · track · 1OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.017 · 76 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire v.4.9.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the ROOM_CACHE component.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (3)
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- Maven org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver< 4.8.1osvUSpkg:maven/org.igniterealtime.openfire/xmppserver
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-6pwg-gg6j-5crmIgnite Realtime Openfire privilege escalation vulnerability2024-03-26ghsa · osvUS
An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire v.4.8.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the ROOM_CACHE component.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (10)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-25421/cnnvd
- https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/blob/main/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/muc/spi/LocalMUCRoomManager.javacnnvd
- https://www.hackthebox.com/blog/openfire-cves-explained-CVE-2024-25420-CVE-2024-25421cnnvd
- https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/cnnvd
- https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/blob/main/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/muc/spi/LocalMUCRoomManager.javaenisa_euvd
- https://www.hackthebox.com/blog/openfire-cves-explained-CVE-2024-25420-CVE-2024-25421enisa_euvd
- https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/blob/main/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/muc/spi/LocalMUCRoomManager.javaProductnvd
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