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CVE-2009-0497

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0497 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Ignite Realtime Openfire version 3.6.2, specifically within the log.jsp component. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the server by manipulating the 'log' parameter with a "..\" sequence. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, as it requires no authentication and has a low attack complexity, but only impacts confidentiality. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-32680 · Jan 8, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0813 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/33452
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47806
svn.igniterealtime.org / svn/repos/openfire/trunk/src/web/log.jsp
Exploit
coresecurity.com / content/openfire-multiple-vulnerabilities
securityfocus.com / archive/1/499880/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/32945