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CVE-2008-6508

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 83.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-03-23 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

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

• igniterealtime Openfire: through 3.6.0a; 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.1.0 (+18)

References

• http://osvdb.org/49663
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32478
• http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/advisories/AKADV2008-001-v1.0.txt
• http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/archives/63
• http://www.igniterealtime.org/builds/openfire/docs/latest/changelog.html
• http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1489
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498162/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32189
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3061
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46488
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7075
• http://osvdb.org/49663

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