CVE-2009-1596 Security feature bypass in n/a
Authenticated users can bypass password change restrictions in Openfire by sending a specific IQ packet, ignoring the configured policy.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-1596?
CVE-2009-1596 is a medium-severity 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
Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.6.5 does not properly implement the register.password (aka canChangePassword) console configuration setting, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended policy and change their own passwords via a passwd_change IQ packet.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1596?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Igniterealtime Openfire.
How do I fix CVE-2009-1596?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-1596 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2009-1596 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1596 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2023-32315 Ignite Realtime Openfire Path Traversal
- CVE-2024-25421 Ignite Realtime Openfire privilege escalation vulnerability
- CVE-2021-45967 Path traversal in n/a
- CVE-2019-18394 Ignite Realtime Openfire vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery
- CVE-2014-2741 Ignite Realtime Openfire vulnerable to XMPPbomb attack
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h5m2-8pmw-gmg7.