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.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-78cg-fc6c-w44w Apache OpenMeetings has an Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges vulnerability
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Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:apache:openmeetings:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Apache
Apache openmeetings
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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.
Title Apache OpenMeetings: Insufficient checks in FileWebService
Weaknesses CWE-274
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-10T18:44:45.976Z

Reserved: 2026-03-17T16:01:03.395Z

Link: CVE-2026-33005

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-09T16:29:20.600Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-09T16:16:26.823

Modified: 2026-04-15T15:27:05.930

Link: CVE-2026-33005

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-13T13:06:51Z

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