CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-6508

7.5 HIGH Published 2009-03-23 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-03-23
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
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 configurations

• igniterealtime openfire (<= 3.6.0a) • igniterealtime openfire 2.6.0 • igniterealtime openfire 2.6.1 • igniterealtime openfire 2.6.2 • igniterealtime openfire 3.0.0 • igniterealtime openfire 3.0.1 • igniterealtime openfire 3.1.0 • igniterealtime openfire 3.1.1 • igniterealtime openfire 3.2.0 • igniterealtime openfire 3.2.1 • igniterealtime openfire 3.2.2 • igniterealtime openfire 3.2.3 • igniterealtime openfire 3.2.4 • igniterealtime openfire 3.3.0 • igniterealtime openfire 3.3.2 • igniterealtime openfire 3.3.3 • igniterealtime openfire 3.4.0 • igniterealtime openfire 3.4.1 • igniterealtime openfire 3.4.3 • igniterealtime openfire 3.4.4 • igniterealtime openfire 3.4.5 • igniterealtime openfire 3.5.0 • igniterealtime openfire 3.5.1 • igniterealtime openfire 3.5.2 • igniterealtime openfire 3.6.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References