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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Metasploit 1 module
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Openfire Deleted Administrator Account Authentication Bypass RCE
exploit/multi/http/openfire_deleted_admin_rce_cve_2024_25420
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver | < 4.8.1 | 4.8.1 | GHSA-5xvc-rwv8-86p7 |
References
- https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/
- https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/blob/main/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/admin/AdminManager.java
- https://www.hackthebox.com/blog/openfire-cves-explained-CVE-2024-25420-CVE-2024-25421
- https://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2758
- https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/pull/2411
- https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/releases/tag/v4.8.1