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CVE-2009-1595 Openfire

Affected softwareOpenfire
Severity4.0 Medium CVSS 2.0
Fixed in3.6.4
WeaknessImproper authentication (CWE-287)
Published11 May 2009
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

The jabber:iq:auth implementation in IQAuthHandler.java in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.6.4 allows remote authenticated users to change the passwords of arbitrary accounts via a modified username element in a passwd_change action.

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2009-05-04.
  • EPSS 2.2% chance in 30 days
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB Openfire 3.x - jabber:iq:auth 'passwd_change' Remote Password Change 2009-05-04

Waratek protection

Mitigation candidate

A kind of vulnerability Waratek's rules address, with exploit code published or exploitation reported. No rule exists and none is planned yet. The decision below says what we found to build a rule from.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read
Finding This CVE affects an open-source Java library published on Maven Central (Maven packages: org.igniterealtime.openfire:parent), so it is squarely in ARMR's territory and the source needed to understand the defect is public. That makes it a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: the diff between the affected and fixed versions has not been read, and a closer look may find no hook point ARMR can act on.

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.igniterealtime.openfire:parent 0 3.6.4 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 30 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd igniterealtime openfire generic 2.6.0 · 2.6.1 · 2.6.2 · 3.0.0 · 3.0.1 · 3.1.0 · 3.1.1 · 3.2.0 · 3.2.1 · 3.2.2 · 3.2.3 · 3.2.4 · 3.3.0 · 3.3.2 · 3.3.3 · 3.4.0 · 3.4.1 · 3.4.2 · 3.4.3 · 3.4.4 · 3.4.5 · 3.5.0 · 3.5.1 · 3.5.2 · 3.6.0 · 3.6.0a · 3.6.1 · 3.6.2 · ≤ 3.6.3
osv org.igniterealtime.openfire parent generic < 3.6.4

References

URLTags
https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/commit/97e1f08cf72e430f5cca5ba94cd20703dadb5ce5 WEB
https://download.igniterealtime.org/openfire/docs/latest/changelog.html#3.6.4 WEB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50292 WEB
https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire PACKAGE
https://web.archive.org/web/20090518061336/http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1531 WEB
https://web.archive.org/web/20140901211944/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34804 WEB
http://www.igniterealtime.org/community/message/190280 WEB
http://osvdb.org/54189
http://secunia.com/advisories/34976 Vendor Advisory
http://www.igniterealtime.org/builds/openfire/docs/latest/changelog.html Patch

Timeline

Published2009-05-11By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.