Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 11, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2009-1596

Description

Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.6.5 does not properly implement the register.password (aka canChangePassword) console configuration setting, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended policy and change their own passwords via a passwd_change IQ packet.

Affected products

Igniterealtime/Openfire
cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <3.6.5

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1532nvdPatchPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
www.igniterealtime.org/community/message/190280nvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/34804nvdBroken LinkExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
secunia.com/advisories/34984nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50291nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.osvdb.org/54189nvdBroken Link

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