#VU21738 Improper Authorization in Openfire - CVE-2015-7707
Published: October 12, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21738
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7707
CWE-ID: CWE-285
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Openfire
Openfire
Software vendor:
Ignite Realtime
Ignite Realtime
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the application.
The vulnerability exists due to the application does not validate user privileges when executing privileged actions. A remote authenticated user can set the "isadmin" HTTP GET parameter to value "on" in the request to the "/user-edit-form.jsp" URL and gain administrative permissions in the application.
Example:
http://[host]/user-edit-form.jsp?username=current_user&save=true&name=blasphemer&email=test@test.com&isadmin=on
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.