CVE-2018-11688

medium

Description

Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.9.2 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability via a crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.

References

https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2018-11688

https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/compare/v3.9.1...v3.9.2

https://github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire/commit/ed3492a24274fd454afe93a499db49f3d6335108#diff-3f607cf668ad8f1091e789a2c1dca32a

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/542060/100/0/threaded

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jun/24

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jun/13

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148057/Ignite-Realtime-Openfire-3.7.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-06-13

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0378