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CVE-2008-6508

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
23/03/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.6.0a (including)
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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