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CVE-2016-2164

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The (1) FileService.importFileByInternalUserId and (2) FileService.importFile SOAP API methods in Apache OpenMeetings before 3.1.1 improperly use the Java URL class without checking the specified protocol handler, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by attempting to upload a file.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache OpenMeetings: through 3.1.0

References

• http://openmeetings.apache.org/security.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136434/Apache-OpenMeetings-3.0.7-Arbitary-File-Read.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537887/100/0/threaded
• https://www.apache.org/dist/openmeetings/3.1.1/CHANGELOG
• http://openmeetings.apache.org/security.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136434/Apache-OpenMeetings-3.0.7-Arbitary-File-Read.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537887/100/0/threaded
• https://www.apache.org/dist/openmeetings/3.1.1/CHANGELOG

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