# CVE-2024-25421: Ignite Realtime Openfire privilege escalation vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-25421-ignite-realtime-openfire-privilege-escalation-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-03-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-25421 · Severity: info · Published 2024-03-26

Ignite Realtime Openfire privilege escalation vulnerability

Technologies: [org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-igniterealtime-openfire-xmppserver). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-25421 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-25421 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2024-25421?** Informational severity, published 26 March 2024.

**Which products and versions are affected?** org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.8.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-25421?** Yes. org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver (Maven): upgrade to 4.8.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-25421?** Check whether you run org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver (Maven): upgrade to 4.8.1 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver to 4.8.1 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- org.igniterealtime.openfire:xmppserver (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.8.1

## Identifiers

- CVE-2024-25421
- GHSA-6pwg-gg6j-5crm

## Related threats

- [Openfire has potential identity spoofing issue via unsafe CN parsing](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-59154-openfire-has-potential-identity-spoofing-issue-via-unsafe-cn)
- [Ignite Realtime Openfire privilege escalation vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-25420-ignite-realtime-openfire-privilege-escalation-vulnerability)
- [Administration Console authentication bypass in openfire xmppserver](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2023-32315-ignite-realtime-openfire-path-traversal-vulnerability)
- [Ignite Realtime Openfire allows Cross-site Scripting](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2019-20528-ignite-realtime-openfire-allows-cross-site-scripting)
- [Cross-site Scripting in Ignite Realtime Openfire](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2019-15488-cross-site-scripting-in-ignite-realtime-openfire)