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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-15911

The Admin Console in Ignite Realtime Openfire Server before 4.1.7 allows arbitrary client-side JavaScript code execution on victims who click a crafted setup/setup-host-settings.jsp?domain= link, aka XSS. Session ID and data theft may follow as well as the possibility of bypassing CSRF protections, injection of iframes to establish communication channels, etc. The vulnerability is present after login into the application.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:05 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-15911

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Oct 2017, 17:29 UTC

The Admin Console in Ignite Realtime Openfire Server before 4.1.7 allows arbitrary client-side JavaScript code execution on victims who click a crafted setup/setup-host-settings.jsp?domain= link, aka XSS. Session ID and data theft may follow as well as the possibility of bypassing CSRF protections, injection of iframes to establish communication channels, etc. The vulnerability is present after login into the application.

osv:CVE-2017-15911
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-15911",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2017-15911",
    "summary": "The Admin Console in Ignite Realtime Openfire Server before 4.1.7 allows arbitrary client-side JavaScript code execution on victims who click a crafted setup/setup-host-settings.jsp?domain= link, aka XSS. Session ID and data theft may follow as well as the possibility of bypassing CSRF protections, injection of iframes to establish communication channels, etc. The vulnerability is present after login into the application.",
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    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                },
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.1.6"
                      }
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          "versions": [
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            "v4.1.3",
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            "v3.9.2",
            "attic/trunk",
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          ],
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:24.325617452Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://becomepentester.blogspot.ae/2017/10/Cross-Site-Scripting-Openfire-4.1.6-CVE-2017-15911.html",
        "https://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/OF-1417"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-15911",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431123,
  "published_at": "2017-10-26T17:29:00.377+00:00"
}