Ignite Realtime Openfire privilege escalation vulnerability

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2024-25421 · GHSA-6pwg-gg6j-5crm · Published 26/03/2024 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2024-25421 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver, openfire (igniterealtime).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 76.5% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 4.8.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver Maven	`< 4.8.1`	`4.8.1`
openfire igniterealtime	`≤ 4.9.0`	No fix yet

An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire v.4.8.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the ROOM_CACHE component.

NVD description

An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire v.4.9.0 and before allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the ROOM_CACHE component.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

Maven

< 4.8.1

4.8.1

≤ 4.9.0

No fix yet

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