Vulnerability CVE-2008-6508
Published: 2009-03-23   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Openfire Jabber-Server: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Andreas Kurtz
26.03.2009

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Igniterealtime -> Openfire 

 References:
http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/advisories/AKADV2008-001-v1.0.txt
http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/archives/63
http://www.igniterealtime.org/builds/openfire/docs/latest/changelog.html
http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1489
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498162/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32189
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3061
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46488
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7075
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