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CVE-2009-1596

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 1.20%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-05-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

CVE
CVE-2009-1596
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
1.20%

Original NVD Description

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.