Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 23, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-6508
CVE-2008-6508
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the AuthCheck filter in the Admin Console in Openfire 3.6.0a and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and access the admin interface via a .. (dot dot) in a URI that matches the Exclude-Strings list, as demonstrated by a /setup/setup-/.. sequence in a URI.
Affected products
25cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 24 more
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.6.0a
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
11- www.igniterealtime.org/builds/openfire/docs/latest/changelog.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1489nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- osvdb.org/49663nvdExploit
- www.andreas-kurtz.de/advisories/AKADV2008-001-v1.0.txtnvdExploit
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32189nvdExploit
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3061nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32478nvd
- www.andreas-kurtz.de/archives/63nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498162/100/0/threadednvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46488nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7075nvd
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