Advisories for Maven/Org.apache.openmeetings/Openmeetings-Parent package

2026

Apache OpenMeetings Uses Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key vulnerability in Apache OpenMeetings. The remember-me cookie encryption key is set to default value in openmeetings.properties and not being auto-rotated. In case OM admin hasn't changed the default encryption key, an attacker who has stolen a cookie from a logged-in user can get full user credentials. This issue affects Apache OpenMeetings: from 6.1.0 before 9.0.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.0.0, which fixes …

Apache OpenMeetings Uses GET Request Method With Sensitive Query Strings

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.

Apache OpenMeetings has an Improper Handling of Insufficient Privileges vulnerability

Sny 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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Information Exposure

The (1) FileService.importFileByInternalUserId and (2) FileService.importFile SOAP API methods in Apache OpenMeetings 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.