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.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/pttoprd628g3xr6lpp3bm1z8m3z8t4p7 Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 4.3 · apacheNVD modified 2026-10-26 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:apache:openmeetings:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 3
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/pttoprd628g3xr6lpp3bm1z8m3z8t4p7 Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- https://openmeetings.apache.org/openmeetings-db/apidocs/org.apache.openmeetings.db/org/apache/openmeetings/db/dto/file/FileItemDTO.html Product
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/09/10 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory