CVE-2008-6508 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2008-6508

Directory traversal vulnerability in the AuthCheck filter in the Admin...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

igniterealtime

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Affected Software

openfire
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.3.0, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.3, 3.4.4, 3.4.5, 3.5.0, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.6.0

Timeline

Official Publish: March 23rd, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.