01 Record
CVE-2024-25420
An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 4.8.1 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the admin.authorizedJIDs system property component.
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score7.2 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 4.8.1 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the admin.authorizedJIDs system property component.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 1.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 72.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-03-26 00:00Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-11 13:09Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-02-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.2)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-273Improper Check for Dropped PrivilegesBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 056e353750441991fab5609d78e99aed399d804aebbc3837a1e3fbde9c391e8d
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.igniterealtime.orghttps://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/
- github.comhttps://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/blob/main/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/admin/AdminManager.java
- www.hackthebox.comhttps://www.hackthebox.com/blog/openfire-cves-explained-CVE-2024-25420-CVE-2024-25421
- igniterealtime.atlassian.nethttps://igniterealtime.atlassian.net/browse/OF-2758
- github.comhttps://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/pull/2411
- github.comhttps://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/releases/tag/v4.8.1