CVE-2023-32315
This CVE is being exploited. Apply the vendor fix, or take the service off the internet until you can, then check your logs for attempts.
What it is
Openfire is an XMPP server licensed under the Open Source Apache License. Openfire's administrative console, a web-based application, was found to be vulnerable to a path traversal attack via the setup environment. This permitted an unauthenticated user to use the unauthenticated Openfire Setup Environment in an already configured Openfire environment to access restricted pages in the Openfire Admin Console reserved for administrative users. This vulnerability affects all versions of Openfire that have been released since April 2015, starting with version 3.10.0. The problem has been patched in Openfire release 4.7.5 and 4.6.8, and further improvements will be included in the yet-to-be released first version on the 4.8 branch (which is expected to be version 4.8.0). Users are advised to upgrade. If an Openfire upgrade isn’t available for a specific release, or isn’t quickly actionable, users may see the linked github advisory (GHSA-gw42-f939-fhvm) for mitigation advice.
Live exploitation on the huntback network (30 days)
Detection
Evidence
Confirmed exploited. Our decoys saw 1 exploitation attempt in the last 14 days; CISA added it to KEV 1176 days ago.
First exploitation attempt on our decoys
Last attempt. 1 attempts on our decoys, 1 in the last 14 days
Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
Published
Exploit code published (Metasploit)
Nuclei detection template available
Observed: our own decoys saw it. Reported: CISA, the vendor or another named source says so. Weaponised: public exploit code or a scanner template exists. Methodology
Questions
Is CVE-2023-32315 being exploited in the wild?
Yes. The huntback decoy network captured 1 exploitation attempts from 1 distinct source IPs; the most recent was on 2026-11-09. It is also in the CISA KEV catalogue.
Can CVE-2023-32315 be detected on the network?
Yes. huntback carries a network signature for CVE-2023-32315, so attempts against a decoy are tagged in real time.
How huntback helps
Deploy a decoy that emulates Openfire and you will see every attempt at this CVE the moment it lands, with the full payload, the attacker's infrastructure, and any stage-2 loader. Then huntback can scan the attacker back.
Related
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This record, with its evidence timeline, as JSON:
curl -H "X-API-Key: $HUNTBACK_KEY" https://app.huntback.io/api/v1/evidence/CVE-2023-32315