Openfire < 3.3.1 Admin Console Privilege Escalation

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4070

Synopsis

The remote web server allows unauthenticated access to its administrative console.

Description

The remote host is running Openfire / Wildfire, an instant messaging server supporting the XMPP protocol.

The version of Openfire or Wildfire installed on the remote host allows unauthenticated access to a servlet, which could allow a malicious user to upload code to Openfire via its admin console.

Solution

Either firewall access to the admin console on this port or upgrade to Openfire version 3.3.1 or higher.

See Also

http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1049

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 4070

Family: Web Servers

Published: 5/30/2007

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 25343

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:ignite_realtime:openfire

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2975

BID: 24205