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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-26 | Published 2026-01-26 | Updated 2026-01-26 | Assigner VulnCheck




MEDIUM: 5.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
MEDIUM: 6.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem types

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Product status

Any version
affected

Credits

j5s finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49229 (ExploitDB-49229) exploit

github.com/igniterealtime/Openfire (Openfire GitHub Repository) product

www.igniterealtime.org/downloads/ (Openfire Software Downloads) product

www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openfire-path-stored-xss (VulnCheck Advisory: Openfire 4.6.0 - 'path' Stored XSS) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2020-36956)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2020-36956)

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