Openfire
CVE-2015-6973
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.8 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, M complexity. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 16.08%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Ignite Realtime Openfire 3.10.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 16.1%.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement anti-CSRF tokens, validate Origin/Referer headers, use SameSite cookie attribute.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CWE-352), which allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions. Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Ignite Realtime Openfire 3.10.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change a password via a crafted request to user-password.jsp, (2) add users via a crafted request to user-create.jsp, (3) edit server settings or (4) disable SSL on the server via a crafted request to server-props.jsp, or (5) add clients via a crafted request to plugins/clientcontrol/permitted-clients.jsp. Affected products include: Igniterealtime Openfire.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Ignite Realtime Openfire 3.10.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change a password via a crafted request to user-password.jsp, (2) add users via a crafted request to user-create.jsp, (3) edit server settings or (4) disable SSL on the server via a crafted request to server-props.jsp, or (5) add clients via a crafted request to plugins/clientcontrol/permitted-clients.jsp.
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EPSS
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Request Forgery exploits the automatic credential inclusion behavior of web browsers.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire v.4.9.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the ROOM_CAC
A Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in FaviconServlet.java in Ignite Realtime Openfire through 4.4.2 allo
Ignite Realtime Openfire 3.10.2 allows remote authenticated users to gain administrator access via the isadmin parameter
An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 4.8.1 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the admin.authoriz
Ignite Realtime Openfire 4.6.0 has plugins/clientcontrol/spark-form.jsp Reflective XSS. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1)
A Reflected XSS vulnerability was discovered in Ignite Realtime Openfire version 4.5.1. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1)
Ignite Realtime Openfire 4.5.1 has a reflected Cross-site scripting vulnerability which allows an attacker to execute ar
In Ignite Realtime Openfire 4.5.1 a Stored Cross-site Vulnerability allows an attacker to execute an arbitrary malicious
Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.9.2 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-suppl
Ignite Realtime Openfire 4.6.0 has plugins/dbaccess/db-access.jsp sql Stored XSS. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this
Ignite Realtime Openfire 4.6.0 has create-bookmark.jsp users Stored XSS. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerab
GitHub PoC