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CVE-2017-15911

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-10-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Admin Console in Ignite Realtime Openfire Server before 4.1.7 allows arbitrary client-side JavaScript code execution on victims who click a crafted setup/setup-host-settings.jsp?domain= link, aka XSS. Session ID and data theft may follow as well as the possibility of bypassing CSRF protections, injection of iframes to establish communication channels, etc. The vulnerability is present after login into the application.

Affected products

• igniterealtime Openfire: through 4.1.6

References

• https://becomepentester.blogspot.ae/2017/10/Cross-Site-Scripting-Openfire-4.1.6-CVE-2017-15911.html
• https://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/OF-1417
• https://becomepentester.blogspot.ae/2017/10/Cross-Site-Scripting-Openfire-4.1.6-CVE-2017-15911.html
• https://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/OF-1417

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