CVE-2023-32315 — Ignite Realtime Openfire Path Traversal Vulnerability

Overview

Ignite Realtime Openfire contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to access restricted pages in the Openfire Admin Console reserved for administrative users.

Vulnerability details

CVE ID

CVE-2023-32315

Vulnerability

Ignite Realtime Openfire Path Traversal Vulnerability

Vendor

Ignite Realtime

Affected products

Ignite Realtime: Openfire

Severity

HIGH

Exploitation status

Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)

Published

2023-08-24

Remediation guidance

CVE-2023-32315 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.

Apply the vendor's official security update for Ignite Realtime the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.

Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.

Authoritative references

• NVD — National Vulnerability Database
• MITRE CVE Record
• CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
• FIRST EPSS — Exploit Prediction Scoring