Attackers can use public NetTest web service of Apache OpenMeetings 4.0.0-5.0.0 to organize denial of service attack.
Priority HIGH 70CWE-400Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Attackers can use public NetTest web service of Apache OpenMeetings 4.0.0-5.0.0 to organize denial of service attack.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.68578 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed org.apache.openmeetings:openmeetings-parent (Maven): 5.1.0
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Apache OpenMeetings | Apache OpenMeetings 4.0.0 - 5.0.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.apache.openmeetings:openmeetings-parent (Maven) | 4.0.0 to before 5.1.0 | 5.1.0 | Patch available | GHSA-g37q-26qx-8v2m |
- Apache OpenMeetings Vendor— Affected Apache OpenMeetings 4.0.0 - 5.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.apache.openmeetings:openmeetings-parent (Maven) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0 to before 5.1.0 Fixed in 5.1.0 Patch available GHSA-g37q-26qx-8v2m
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-g37q-26qx-8v2m org.apache.openmeetings:openmeetings-parent (Maven) Fixed in 5.1.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-13951
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g37q-26qx-8v2m
References
Advisory 3
Other 4
- [announce] 20210125 Apache Software Foundation Security Report: 2020
- [announce] 20210223 Re: Apache Software Foundation Security Report: 2020
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1125f3044a0946d1e7e6f125a6170b58d413ebd4a95157e4608041c7@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r90890afea72a9571d666820b2fe5942a0a5f86be406fa31da3dd0922@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
More Apache Openmeetings vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-36639 Apache OpenMeetings: Deserialisation of untrusted data in cluster mode CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-26346 Apache OpenMeetings: Login Credentials Passed via GET Query Parameters CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2016-00702 Directory traversal vulnerability in the Import/Export System Backups functionality in… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-12874 Apache OpenMeetings: allows user impersonation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-07193 Apache OpenMeetings before 3.1.2 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via RMI deserialization attack. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-05300 Uploaded XML documents were not correctly validated in Apache OpenMeetings 3.1.0. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2020-13951 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-13951 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g37q-26qx-8v2m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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