Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-25420

HighPublic PoC

Published: 26 March 2024

Published
26 March 2024
Modified
11 November 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0162 82.2th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-25420 is a high-severity Improper Check for Dropped Privileges (CWE-273) vulnerability in Igniterealtime Openfire. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 17.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue in Ignite Realtime Openfire before 4.8.1 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the admin.authorizedJIDs system property component.

CWE(s)
CWE-273

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

CVE-2024-25420 is an improper access control vulnerability enabling remote privilege escalation to administrator by registering a new user via XMPP with a username from a previously deleted admin account, as the admin.authorizedJIDs property is not cleaned up. This exploits a public-facing application.

Affected Assets

igniterealtime
openfire
≤ 4.9.0

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References