CVE DATABASE / CVE-2023-32315

CVE-2023-32315

Ignite Realtime Openfire Path Traversal Vulnerability

CVSS 8.6 · HIGH ⚠ CISA KEV — ACTIVELY EXPLOITED

On the CISA KEV catalog

Confirmed exploited in the wild. Added 2023-08-24. Federal remediation due 2023-09-14.
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Summary

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.

CVSS 3.1 breakdown

Base score	8.6 (HIGH)
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Attack vector	NETWORK
Attack complexity	LOW
Privileges required	NONE
User interaction	NONE
Scope	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality	HIGH
Integrity	LOW
Availability	LOW

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-22

Affected products

Igniterealtime openfire

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References

Data: NIST NVD + CISA KEV. NVD last modified 2025-10-24. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.