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CVE-2020-36956

Published: Jan 26, 2026

Modified: Apr 7, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.4

MEDIUM

Description

Openfire 4.6.0 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the nodejs plugin that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts through the 'path' parameter. Attackers can craft a payload with script tags to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of administrative users viewing the nodejs configuration page.

Vendor	Product	Versions
igniterealtime	Openfire	affected `0 - <= 4.6.0`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

References

ExploitDB-49229

exploit

Openfire GitHub Repository

product

Openfire Software Downloads

product

VulnCheck Advisory: Openfire 4.6.0 - 'path' Stored XSS

third-party-advisory

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