Description
Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges vulnerability in Apache OpenMeetings. Any registered user can query web service with their credentials and get files/sub-folders of any folder by ID (metadata only NOT contents). Metadata includes id, type, name and some other field. Full list of fields get be checked at FileItemDTO object. This issue affects Apache OpenMeetings: from 3.10 before 9.0.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.0.0, which fixes the issue.
Affected products
apache: openmeetings
References3
- lists.apache.org/thread/pttoprd628g3xr6lpp3bm1z8m3z8t4p7 Mailing ListVendor Advisory
- openmeetings.apache.org/openmeetings-db/apidocs/org.apache.open… Product
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/09/10 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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4.3
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 37 · as of 12 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-274
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