Openfire 'AuthCheck Filter' Security Bypass Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900401");
  script_version("2025-03-06T05:38:27+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-6508");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-03-06 05:38:27 +0000 (Thu, 06 Mar 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-12-02 11:52:55 +0100 (Tue, 02 Dec 2008)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_name("Openfire 'AuthCheck Filter' Security Bypass Vulnerability");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/32478/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32189");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/advisories/AKADV2008-001-v1.0.txt");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will cause execution of arbitrary code.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Ignite Realtime Openfire version prior to 3.6.1.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This vulnerability is due to error in the 'AuthCheck' filter while
  imposing access restrictions via a specially crafted URL using 'setup/setup-' and followed by the
  directory traversal sequences. These can be exploited to cause underlying database, access or modify data.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.6.1 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Openfire is prone to a security bypass vulnerability.

  This VT has been deprecated and merged into the VT 'Openfire < 3.6.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities'
  (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900484).");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_tag(name:"deprecated", value:TRUE);

  exit(0);
}

exit(66);