CVE-2023-32315: Ignite Realtime Openfire (High, CVSS 7.5)
- CVSS
- 7.5 High (v3.1)
- EPSS
- 100% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 99.9% of CVEs)
- Exploited in the wild
- Yes, on CISA’s KEV list since Aug 24, 2023
- Public exploit
- Yes, reported in a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and 11 GitHub repositories
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Published
- May 26, 2023
- CISA fix-by date
- Sep 14, 2023 (for US federal agencies)
What it is
Openfire is an XMPP server licensed under the Open Source Apache License. Openfire's administrative console, a web-based application, was found to be vulnerable to a path traversal attack via the setup environment. This permitted an unauthenticated user to use the unauthenticated Openfire Setup Environment in an already configured Openfire environment to access restricted pages in the Openfire Admin Console reserved for administrative users. This vulnerability affects all versions of Openfire that have been released since April 2015, starting with version 3.10.0. The problem has been patched in Openfire release 4.7.5 and 4.6.8, and further improvements will be included in the yet-to-be released first version on the 4.8 branch (which is expected to be version 4.8.0). Users are advised to upgrade. If an Openfire upgrade isn’t available for a specific release, or isn’t quickly actionable, users may see the linked github advisory (GHSA-gw42-f939-fhvm) for mitigation advice.
Description from the National Vulnerability Database.
What to do
CISA: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Check whether you run Ignite Realtime Openfire, then apply the vendor’s fix or mitigation from the advisories below. Because this flaw is exploited or has public exploit code, treat it as urgent and check for signs of compromise, not just the patch level.
Advisories and fixes
ThreatRoundup coverage
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Sources: NVD, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, and public exploit databases (availability only). ThreatRoundup reports whether public exploit code exists but never links to it: fake proof-of-concepts that infect security researchers are common. This page updates automatically.