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CVE-2023-32315: Openfire administration console authentication bypass

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Now (action score 90/100)

CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Aug 24, 2023). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Sep 14, 2023.
A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 99.9% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.9% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
Fixed version: org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver (Maven) 4.6.8, 4.7.5.

Patch today or shut off access. Upgrade to org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver (Maven) 4.6.8, 4.7.5 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 · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

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.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.1KEVWeaponized Fix available

Published: May 26, 2023
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 99.9% · 99th percentile
CWE: CWE-22

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Action score

Now

Patch today or shut off access.

CVSS: 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV: 30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS: 30 / 30 · 99.9%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: active
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 7.5
CNA · GitHub_M: 8.6; 1.1 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Aug 24, 2023. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Sep 14, 2023.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
igniterealtime	openfire	cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire

Affected versions

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

igniterealtime openfire3.10.0 and later · before 4.6.8
igniterealtime openfire4.7.0 and later · before 4.7.5

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

igniterealtime Openfire
- >= 3.10.0, < 4.6.8, >= 4.7.0, < 4.7.5affected

Package-level exposure

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

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Maven	org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver	from 3.10.0 · before 4.6.8	4.6.8
Maven	org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver	from 4.7.0 · before 4.7.5	4.7.5

Same product

igniterealtime: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2008-6508Directory traversal vulnerability in the AuthCheck filter in the Admin Console in Openfire 3.6.0a and earlier allows remote attackers to byp
55Plan
CVE-2019-18394A Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in FaviconServlet.java in Ignite Realtime Openfire through 4.4.2 allows attackers to send
49Plan
CVE-2015-6973Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Ignite Realtime Openfire 3.10.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentic
46Plan

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-2024-25420Mar 26, 2024 · An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 4.8.1 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the admin.authorizedJIDs system proper
28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
Maven:org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver	4.6.8	Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver	4.7.5	Package 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
Nuclei detection template ×1
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×11

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Metasploit module	exploit/multi/http/openfire_auth_bypass_rce_cve_2023_32315Openfire authentication bypass with RCE pluginexploit	2023-05-26
Nuclei detection template	Nuclei template CVE-2023-32315	—
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:0	2023-06-14
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:143	2023-06-14
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:2	2023-06-15
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:61	2023-06-18
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:7	2023-07-02
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:5	2023-07-07
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:3	2023-08-31
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:0	2023-10-10
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:0	2025-01-30
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:1	2025-04-14

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

MetasploitMay 26, 2023-1 d
PublishedMay 26, 2023
First PoCJun 14, 2023+18 d
CISA KEVAug 24, 2023+89 d
TodayOct 30, 2026+1253 d

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

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.
No account or password is required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: none
Availability: none

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: None
Availability impact: None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Root cause

A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-22 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);
2res.sendFile(file);

Fixed

1const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);
2if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {
3  return res.sendStatus(400);
4}
5res.sendFile(file);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:47 PM UTC

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References

www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-32315

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Data sources and verification

CNA: GitHub_M

CVE.org (CNA)Oct 21, 2025, 11:05 PM UTC
CISA ADPOct 21, 2025, 11:05 PM UTC
NVDJun 17, 2026, 1:58 AM UTC
FIRST EPSSOct 27, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC
OSV / GHSAOct 30, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC
MetasploitOct 30, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC
NucleiOct 30, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC
PoC-in-GitHubOct 30, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC

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