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CVE-2009-1595

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1595 describes a vulnerability in Ignite Realtime Openfire versions prior to 3.6.4, specifically within the jabber:iq:auth implementation. Authenticated attackers can exploit this flaw to change the passwords of other user accounts by manipulating the username element during a password change request. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a medium severity, as it requires authentication (Au:S) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can lead to partial integrity impact (I:P). While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-32967 · May 4, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0223 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 21,977 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 0.1 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.igniterealtime.openfire:parentFixed in: 3.6.4

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-r62w-x9pp-jrqpmedium

Ignite Realtime Openfire Allows Users to Change Passwords of Arbitrary Accounts

May 2, 2022

References

osvdb.org / 54189
secunia.com / advisories/34976
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50292
igniterealtime.org / builds/openfire/docs/latest/changelog.html
Patch
igniterealtime.org / community/message/190280
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
igniterealtime.org / issues/browse/JM-1531
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/34804
ExploitPatch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1237
PatchVendor Advisory