HIGH
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 .
Published Mar 23, 2009
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 83.66%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 3.6.0a
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.1.0
- 3.1.1
- 3.2.0
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.2
- 3.2.3
- 3.2.4
- 3.3.0
- 3.3.2
- 3.3.3
- 3.4.0
- 3.4.1
- 3.4.3
- 3.4.4
- 3.4.5
- 3.5.0
- 3.5.1
- 3.5.2
- 3.6.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
83.66% 0.83664
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.83664
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 83.66% (0.83664) | 99.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 82.81% (0.82812) | 99.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 26, 2026 | 77.26% (0.77258) | 99.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 18, 2026 | 78.34% (0.78338) | 99.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 19, 2025 | 77.14% (0.77144) | 98.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 5, 2025 | 72.59% (0.72592) | 98.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 75.42% (0.75423) | 98.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 77.52% (0.77521) | 98.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 1, 2024 | 68.92% (0.68921) | 98.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 12, 2024 | 66.55% (0.66546) | 97.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 1, 2023 | 60.90% (0.60902) | 97.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 10, 2023 | 62.20% (0.62198) | 97.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 65.06% (0.65058) | 97.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 26, 2023 | 61.46% (0.61464) | 97.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 11, 2023 | 61.20% (0.61196) | 97.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 62.88% (0.62880) | 97.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 64.28% (0.64284) | 97.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 80.10% (0.80096) | 99.51th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 80.10% (0.80096) | 99.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://osvdb.org/49663 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32478 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/advisories/AKADV2008-001-v1.0.txt x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/archives/63 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.igniterealtime.org/builds/openfire/docs/latest/changelog.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1489 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498162/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32189 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3061 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46488 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7075 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/49663 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBExploit | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32478 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/advisories/AKADV2008-001-v1.0.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/archives/63 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.igniterealtime.org/builds/openfire/docs/latest/changelog.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1489 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498162/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32189 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3061 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46488 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7075 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 23, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 23, 2009
Link CVE-2008-6508
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a