Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 11, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-1596
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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <3.6.5
- (no CPE)range: <3.6.5
Patches
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References
6- 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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