CVE-2009-1596 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Igniterealtime	Openfire

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.spirityenterprise.com/virtual-ciso
http://secunia.com/advisories/34984
http://www.igniterealtime.org/community/message/190280
http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1532
http://www.osvdb.org/54189
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34804
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50291

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-05-11T14:02:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:20:34.723Z

Reserved: 2009-05-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-1596

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-05-11T14:30:00.343

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-1596

Redhat

No data.

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