CVE-2008-6511

Exp

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.

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-2008-6511 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.83%). 2 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-2008-6511

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7075 exploit_db edb 2008-11-09 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6511

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 2026-06-15 4.40% 1.83% -2.58%
2 2026-05-13 3.47% 4.40% +0.93%
3 2026-03-23 — 3.47% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6511

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6511

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-6511

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2008-6511: 1 GLSA(s) (200904-01), 1 atom(s) (net-im/openfire); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-6511

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6511

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-2008-6511

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