Apache OpenMeetings: Login Credentials Passed via GET Query Parameters
Use of GET Request Method With Sensitive Query Strings vulnerability in Apache OpenMeetings. The REST login endpoint uses HTTP GET method with username and password passed as query parameters. Please check references regarding possible impact This issue affects Apache OpenMeetings: from 3.1.3 before 9.0.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.0.0, which fixes the issue.
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We use this product, ask for help- Published
- Apr 9, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.8% · 54th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-598
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Report tools
Action score
30
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.8%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| apache | openmeetings | cpe:2.3:a:apache:openmeetings |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- apache openmeetings3.1.3 and later · before 9.0.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (apache). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Apache Software Foundation Apache OpenMeetings
- 3.1.3 and later · before 9.0.0affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.openmeetings:openmeetings-parent | from 3.1.3 · before 9.0.0 | 9.0.0 |
Same product
apache: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2024-54676Apache OpenMeetings: Deserialisation of untrusted data in cluster mode58Plan
- CVE-2020-13951Attackers can use public NetTest web service of Apache OpenMeetings 4.0.0-5.0.0 to organize denial of service attack.51Plan
- CVE-2016-0784Directory traversal vulnerability in the Import/Export System Backups functionality in Apache OpenMeetings before 3.1.1 allows remote authen43Plan
- CVE-2017-7664Uploaded XML documents were not correctly validated in Apache OpenMeetings 3.1.0.41Plan
- CVE-2016-8736Apache OpenMeetings before 3.1.2 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via RMI deserialization attack.40Plan
- CVE-2023-28326Apache OpenMeetings: allows user impersonation39Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation Apache OpenMeetings | 9.0.0 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Maven:org.apache.openmeetings:openmeetings-parent | 9.0.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-598 · Use of HTTP Request With Sensitive Query StringCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- lists.apache.org/thread/2h3h9do5tp17xldr0nps1yjmkx4vs3db
- owasp.org/www-community/vulnerabilities/Information_exposure_through_query_strings_in_url
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/09/12
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.