CVE-2009-1595 Ignite Realtime Openfire Allows Users to Change Passwords of Arbitrary Accounts

What is CVE-2009-1595?

CVE-2009-1595 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 May 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The jabber:iq:auth implementation in IQAuthHandler.java in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.6.4 allows remote authenticated users to change the passwords of arbitrary accounts via a modified username element in a passwd_change action.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1595?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.igniterealtime.openfire:parent. It affects 1 product.

Products include Igniterealtime Openfire.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1595?

Upgrade org.igniterealtime.openfire:parent to 3.6.4 or later.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2009-1595 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-1595 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2023-32315 Ignite Realtime Openfire Path Traversal Exploited High 8.6
• CVE-2024-25421 Ignite Realtime Openfire privilege escalation vulnerability Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-45967 Path traversal in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-18394 Ignite Realtime Openfire vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-2741 Ignite Realtime Openfire vulnerable to XMPPbomb attack High 7.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-r62w-x9pp-jrqp.