Is CVE-2009-1596 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-1596 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-1596?

CVE-2009-1596 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-1596

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 1.2%EU EUVD

Ignite Realtime Openfire before 3.6.5 does not properly implement the register.password (aka canChangePassword) console configuration setting, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended policy and change their own passwords via a passwd_change IQ packet.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.5 (v3.1)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-287
EPSS score: 1.2% (68th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-1591)
Published: May 11, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1591 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

igniterealtime / openfire

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/34984(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.igniterealtime.org/community/message/190280(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1532(Patch, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.osvdb.org/54189(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34804(Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50291(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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