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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2023-32315

Openfire administration console authentication bypass

Ignite Realtime / Openfire · >= 3.10.0, < 4.6.8

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Severity
CVSS 8.6 · High
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
100.0%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

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What it is

CVE-2023-32315 is an unauthenticated Openfire administration console authentication bypass. Openfire is an XMPP server licensed under the Open Source Apache License. Openfire's administrative console, a web-based...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed. Listed in CISA KEV.

Who is affected?

Ignite Realtime / Openfire >= 3.10.0, < 4.6.8.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Openfire is an XMPP server licensed under the Open Source Apache License

Openfire is an XMPP server licensed under the Open Source Apache License. Openfire's administrative console, a web-based application, was found to be vulnerable to a path traversal attack via the setup environment. This permitted an unauthenticated user to use the unauthenticated Openfire Setup Environment in an already configured Openfire environment to access restricted pages in the Openfire Admin Console reserved for administrative users. This vulnerability affects all versions of Openfire that have been released since April 2015, starting with version 3.10.0.

The problem has been patched in Openfire release 4.7.5 and 4.6.8, and further improvements will be included in the yet-to-be released first version on the 4.8 branch (which is expected to be version 4.8.0). Users are advised to upgrade. If an Openfire upgrade isn’t available for a specific release, or isn’t quickly actionable, users may see the linked github advisory (GHSA-gw42-f939-fhvm) for mitigation advice.

igniterealtime Affected
Openfire
>= 3.10.0, < 4.6.8 >= 4.7.0, < 4.7.5
Published
26 May 2023
Exploitation Reported
24 Aug 2023
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

metasploit nuclei_scanner cisa apache

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 24 Aug 2023

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Proof of concept available

GitHub

Recorded 14 Jun 2023

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2023-08-24 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Virtual patch status

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner Reference Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/openfire_auth_bypass_rce_cve_2023_32315.rb 28 Apr 2025
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-32315.yaml 25 Apr 2025

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

8.6 High

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

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

EPSS

100.0%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE-22

Potential Proof of Concepts

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Openfire Administration Console - Authentication Bypass

nuclei · Created Unknown

openfire_auth_bypass_rce_cve_2023_32315

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2023-32315

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 15:02 UTC

    Metasploit module available

    Exploit module available

  2. 15:02 UTC

    Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  3. 00:00 UTC

    Nuclei template available

    Scanner coverage available

  4. 00:00 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  5. 22:33 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  6. 13:26 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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  "cve_id": "CVE-2023-32315",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 8.6,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.99999,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}