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CVE-2024-25420: An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 4.8.1 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the admin.authorizedJIDs system…

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 40/100)

  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Because a ready-made attack tool exists, priority is at least “Plan”.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 6.4% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 93.7% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver (Maven) 4.8.1.

Add it to your regular patch cycle. Upgrade to org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver (Maven) 4.8.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 4.8.1 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the admin.authorizedJIDs system property component.

HighCVSS 7.2 · v3.1—Weaponized Fix available
Published
Mar 26, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
6.4% · 93th percentile

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Action score

40

Plan

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CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
2 / 30 · 6.4%
Ready-made attack tool
10 / 40 · floor: at least 40

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
igniterealtimeopenfire

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • igniterealtime openfireup to 4.9.0 inclusive

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Mavenorg.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserverbefore 4.8.14.8.1

Same product

igniterealtime: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-32315Openfire administration console authentication bypassKEV
    90Now
  • CVE-2008-6508Directory traversal vulnerability in the AuthCheck filter in the Admin Console in Openfire 3.6.0a and earlier allows remote attackers to…
    55Plan
  • CVE-2019-18394A Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in FaviconServlet.java in Ignite Realtime Openfire through 4.4.2 allows attackers to…
    49Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-35201Dec 12, 2020 · Ignite Realtime Openfire 4.6.0 has create-bookmark.jsp users Stored XSS.
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-35202Dec 12, 2020 · Ignite Realtime Openfire 4.6.0 has plugins/dbaccess/db-access.jsp sql Stored XSS.
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-25421Mar 26, 2024 · An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire v.4.9.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the ROOM_CACHE component.
    39Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Maven:org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver4.8.1Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Metasploit moduleexploit/multi/http/openfire_deleted_admin_rce_cve_2024_25420Openfire Deleted Administrator Account Authentication Bypass RCEexploit2024-03-26

Research context

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Timeline

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  1. Metasploit-1 d
  2. Published
  3. TodayNov 11, 2026+960 d
EPSS, last 120 days+5% in 7 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-273 · Improper Check for Dropped Privileges

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Exploit maturitynone → weaponized
  2. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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