CVE-2008-6508
Directory traversal vulnerability in the AuthCheck filter in the Admin Console in Openfire 3.6.0a and earlier allows remote attackers to…
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Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Metasploit modules1 module
- Openfire Admin Console Authentication Bypass (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/openfire_auth_bypassRank excellentdisclosed 10 Nov 2008
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Openfire Server 3.6.0a - Admin Console Authentication Bypass (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 19432webapps, jsppublished 28 Jun 2012Verified
- Openfire Server 3.6.0a - Authentication Bypass / SQL Injection / Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 7075webapps, jsppublished 9 Nov 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 7075 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 83.7% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- 7075 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/advisories/AKADV2008-001-v1.0.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.igniterealtime.org/builds/openfire/docs/latest/changelog.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32478 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 49663 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/archives/63 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1489 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32189 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openfire-authcheckfilter-security-bypass(46488) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20081108 [AK-ADV2008-001] Openfire Jabber-Server: Multiple Vulnerabilities (Authentication Bypass, SQL injection, ...) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3061 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-6475 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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