CVE-2024-25420

Ignite Realtime Openfire privilege escalation vulnerability

7.2 HighFix available

An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 4.8.1 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the admin.authorizedJIDs system property component.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: High
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

1.43%Up 1.4 points since Mar 27, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.2

An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 4.8.1 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the admin.authorizedJIDs system property component.

Record: CVE-2024-25420
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-273
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-0837 7.2

An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 4.8.1 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the admin.authorizedJIDs system property component.

Record: EUVD-2024-0837
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5xvc-rwv8-86p7 7.2

Ignite Realtime Openfire privilege escalation vulnerability

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

Record: GHSA-5xvc-rwv8-86p7
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-273, CWE-863
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 7.2

An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 4.8.1 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the admin.authorizedJIDs system property component.

Record: CVE-2024-25420
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-273
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 7.2

An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 4.8.1 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the admin.authorizedJIDs system property component.

Record: CVE-2024-25420
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-5xvc-rwv8-86p7 7.2

Ignite Realtime Openfire privilege escalation vulnerability

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

Record: GHSA-5xvc-rwv8-86p7
CVSS 3.1: 7.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-273, CWE-863
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

igniterealtime openfire

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver` Maven	before 4.8.1	4.8.1
`org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver` Maven	before 4.8.1, plus listed versions 4.2.0	4.8.1

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-25420 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Igniterealtime Openfire, published March 26, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.43%, the 73rd percentile. Fixed in org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver 4.8.1.

References

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