CVE-2024-25420 Ignite Realtime Openfire privilege escalation vulnerability

What is CVE-2024-25420?

CVE-2024-25420 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Mar 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 4.8.1 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the admin.authorizedJIDs system property component.

Weakness: CWE-273

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25420?

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

Products include Igniterealtime Openfire.

How do I fix CVE-2024-25420?

Upgrade org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver to 4.8.1 or later.

Is CVE-2024-25420 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-25420 exists.

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
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-5xvc-rwv8-86p7.