CVE-2009-1596 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.6.5 does not properly implement the register.password (aka canChangePassword) console configuration setting, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended policy and change their own passwords via a passwd_change IQ packet.

Published: 2009-05-11

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.012.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/34984
http://www.igniterealtime.org/community/message/190280
http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1532
http://www.osvdb.org/54189
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34804
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50291

History

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Subscriptions

Igniterealtime Openfire

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-05-11T14:02:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:20:34.723Z

Reserved: 2009-05-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-1596

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-05-11T14:30:00.343

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:07:36.423

Link: CVE-2009-1596

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-287
Improper Authentication

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