# CVE-2023-32315: Ignite Realtime Openfire Path Traversal Vulnerability

- Exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2023-08-24
- Published: 2023-05-26
- CVSS: 8.6 HIGH (v3.1)
- EPSS: 100.0% (100th percentile)
- CWE: CWE-22

Openfire is an XMPP server licensed under the Open Source Apache License. Openfire's administrative console, a web-based application, was found to be vulnerable to a path traversal attack via the setup environment. This permitted an unauthenticated user to use the unauthenticated Openfire Setup Environment in an already configured Openfire environment to access restricted pages in the Openfire Admin Console reserved for administrative users. This vulnerability affects all versions of Openfire that have been released since April 2015, starting with version 3.10.0. The problem has been patched in Openfire release 4.7.5 and 4.6.8, and further improvements will be included in the yet-to-be released first version on the 4.8 branch (which is expected to be version 4.8.0). Users are advised to upgrade. If an Openfire upgrade isn’t available for a specific release, or isn’t quickly actionable, users may see the linked github advisory (GHSA-gw42-f939-fhvm) for mitigation advice.

## Edge WAF coverage (claimed by vendors, not measured)

| Vendor | Status | First rule | Days after publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Before feed history | — | — |
| AWS | No public claim | — | — |
| Microsoft Azure | No public claim | — | — |
| Google Cloud | Before feed history | — | — |
| Fastly | Before feed history | — | — |
| F5 | Rule published | 2023-10-10 | 137 |
| Akamai | No public source | — | — |
| OWASP CRS | No public claim | — | — |

### F5

- 2023-10-10 · new · rule 200007058
  > Added: signature 200007058 "Openfire RTC Server Authentication Bypass" (Path Traversal, risk Medium), systems: Java Servlets/JSP. References: CVE-2023-32315.
  Source: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/changelogs/security-details-changelog
- 2023-12-12 · new · rule 200007058
  > Added: signature 200007058 "Openfire RTC Server Authentication Bypass" (Path Traversal, risk Medium), systems: Java Servlets/JSP. References: CVE-2023-32315.
  Source: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/changelogs/security-details-changelog

## Our test (measured)

- OWASP Core Rule Set 4.25.0, paranoia level 1, anomaly threshold 5, default CRS settings: error (0 of 1 requests blocked), template CVE-2023-32315, 2026-11-02
- OWASP Core Rule Set 4.25.0, paranoia level 2, anomaly threshold 5, default CRS settings: error (0 of 1 requests blocked), template CVE-2023-32315, 2026-11-02

"No public claim" means no vendor statement names this CVE; "Before feed history" means the CVE is older than the vendor feed. In both cases generic rules may still block it.

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