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    CVE-2009-1596

    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.

    Published:May 11, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:May 11, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.00351
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Igniterealtime
    Product
    Openfire

    Exploits

    http://www.igniterealtime.org/community/message/190280http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34804http://www.igniterealtime.org/community/message/190280http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34804

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-287 Improper Authentication

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High