CVE-2008-6508
N/A
Published: March 23, 2009 at 07:26 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:02 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenfire
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 84%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the AuthCheck filter in the Admin Console in Openfire 3.6.0a and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and access the admin interface via a .. (dot dot) in a URI that matches the Exclude-Strings list, as demonstrated by a /setup/setup-/.. sequence in a URI.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/advisories/AKADV2008-001-v1.0.txtx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.igniterealtime.org/builds/openfire/docs/latest/changelog.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1489Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498162/100/0/threadedQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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