4.8

CVE-2017-15911: igniterealtime openfire Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 4.8v3.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-v3h2-4j2r-wqj8
Published 26-10-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-15911 is a medium (CVSS 4.8) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in igniterealtime openfire. EPSS estimates a 0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
19/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.8/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.73%
0%100%
Low · -0.24 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 26-10-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Admin Console in Ignite Realtime Openfire Server before 4.1.7 allows arbitrary client-side JavaScript code execution on victims who click a crafted setup/setup-host-settings.jsp?domain= link, aka XSS. Session ID and data theft may follow as well as the possibility of bypassing CSRF protections, injection of iframes to establish communication channels, etc. The vulnerability is present after login into the application.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

54%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.24 pp

From 0.97% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.73%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Igniterealtime1 product
Org.igniterealtime.openfire1 product
  • parent< 4.1.7

2 vendors · 2 products

References

3 links