cve/2008/CVE-2008-6508.md

### [CVE-2008-6508](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-6508)
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### Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the AuthCheck filter in the Admin Console in Openfire 3.6.0a and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and access the admin interface via a .. (dot dot) in a URI that matches the Exclude-Strings list, as demonstrated by a /setup/setup-/.. sequence in a URI.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.andreas-kurtz.de/advisories/AKADV2008-001-v1.0.txt
- http://www.igniterealtime.org/issues/browse/JM-1489
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7075

#### Github
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