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.

• CWE-287

• http://secunia.com/advisories/34984Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.igniterealtime.org/community/message/190280Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1532Patch, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.osvdb.org/54189Broken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34804Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50291Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34984Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.igniterealtime.org/community/message/190280Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1532Patch, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.osvdb.org/54189Broken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34804Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50291Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

May 11, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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