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Vulnerability record · CVE-2024-25421 · published 26 March 2024

CVE-2024-25421: Igniterealtime openfire execution with unnecessary privileges vulnerability

Igniterealtime · Openfire

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

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 1.7% · top 24.4% CWE-250 · Execution with unnecessary privileges
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score
1.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by 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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/blob/main/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/muc/spi/LocalMUC Product
https://www.hackthebox.com/blog/openfire-cves-explained-CVE-2024-25420-CVE-2024-25421 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/ ProductRelease Notes
https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/blob/main/xmppserver/src/main/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/muc/spi/LocalMUC Product
https://www.hackthebox.com/blog/openfire-cves-explained-CVE-2024-25420-CVE-2024-25421 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/ ProductRelease Notes

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2024-25421), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.