CVE-2008-6508

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the AuthCheck filter in the Admin Console in Openfire 3.6.0a and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and access the admin interface via a .. (dot dot) in a URI that matches the Exclude-Strings list, as demonstrated by a /setup/setup-/.. sequence in a URI.

Published: 2009-03-23 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6508 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 77.26%, 99th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-6508

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19432 exploit_db edb 2012-06-28 Exploit-DB ↗
7075 exploit_db edb 2008-11-09 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6508

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-26 78.34% 77.26% -1.08%
2 2026-05-18 77.14% 78.34% +1.19%
3 2025-12-19 — 77.14% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6508

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6508

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-6508

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2008-6508: 1 GLSA(s) (200904-01), 1 atom(s) (net-im/openfire); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-6508

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6508

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
igniterealtime openfire <= 3.6.0a cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 2.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 2.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
igniterealtime openfire 3.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6508

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