Vulnerability · Published Jan 26, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2020-36956Openfire 4.6.0 - 'path' Stored XSS
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Openfire from igniterealtime. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| igniterealtime | Openfire | 0 – through 4.6.0 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- ExploitDB-49229 exploit
- Openfire GitHub Repository product
- Openfire Software Downloads product
- VulnCheck Advisory: Openfire 4.6.0 - 'path' Stored XSS third-party-advisory