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CVE-2009-1596

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1596 affects Ignite Realtime Openfire versions prior to 3.6.5, where a flaw in the register.password console configuration setting allows authenticated users to bypass policy and change their own passwords. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium) with a low attack complexity, requiring only network access and low privileges to achieve high integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0120 is in the 79th 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/34984
Broken LinkVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50291
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
igniterealtime.org / community/message/190280
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
igniterealtime.org / issues/browse/JM-1532
PatchPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 54189
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/34804
Broken LinkExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry