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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-24604

A Reflected XSS vulnerability was discovered in Ignite Realtime Openfire version 4.5.1. The XSS vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the GET request "searchName", "searchValue", "searchDescription", "searchDefaultValue","searchPlugin", "searchDescription" and "searchDynamic" in server-properties.jsp and security-audit-viewer.jsp

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1 Nov 2026, 05:39 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-24604

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Sept 2020, 15:15 UTC

A Reflected XSS vulnerability was discovered in Ignite Realtime Openfire version 4.5.1. The XSS vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the GET request "searchName", "searchValue", "searchDescription", "searchDefaultValue","searchPlugin", "searchDescription" and "searchDynamic" in server-properties.jsp and security-audit-viewer.jsp

osv:CVE-2020-24604
Complete source record
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    "summary": "A Reflected XSS vulnerability was discovered in Ignite Realtime Openfire version 4.5.1. The XSS vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the GET request \"searchName\", \"searchValue\", \"searchDescription\", \"searchDefaultValue\",\"searchPlugin\", \"searchDescription\" and \"searchDynamic\" in server-properties.jsp and security-audit-viewer.jsp",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-24604",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:igniterealtime:openfire:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:31.756292279Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/OF-1963",
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      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432876,
  "published_at": "2020-09-02T15:15:10.457+00:00"
}