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CVE-2009-1596
Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.6.5 does not properly implement the register.password (aka canChangePassword) console configuration…
Medium6.5EPSS 1.2%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://www.igniterealtime.org/community/message/190280 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1532 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34984 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openfire-nopassword-security-bypass(50291) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 34804 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 54189 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
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