Security advisory
Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.9.2 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability via a crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-11688
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:02 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.9.2 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability via a crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
osv:CVE-2018-11688
Complete source record
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2018-06-13T16:29:01.437+00:00"
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