Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-6511

Title: Igniterealtime Openfire Improper Input Validation

Input Validation Error

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-6511

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Mar 23, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.83%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-6511: Open redirect vulnerability in login.jsp in Openfire 3.6.0a and earlier allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via the url parameter.

Impacted Vendors

ignite_realtime 1

igniterealtime 1

Reference Links

http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/advisories/AKADV2008-001-v1.0.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498162/100/0/threaded https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7075 http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/advisories/AKADV2008-001-v1.0.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498162/100/0/threaded https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7075

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-6511 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7075

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 23, 2009 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.