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CVE-2016-3088

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3088 is a critical vulnerability affecting the Fileserver web application in Apache ActiveMQ versions prior to 5.14.0, allowing remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary files. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited in the wild, with readily available exploit code in Metasploit and Nuclei, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating widespread awareness and potential for abuse.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.0.0, < 5.14.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
98.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Feb 10, 2022
Metasploit: ActiveMQ web shell upload · Jun 1, 2016
Nuclei: CVE-2016-3088 · Nov 6, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-42283 · Jun 29, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9852 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.activemq:activemq-clientFixed in: 5.14.0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.2
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6Fixed in: activemq
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6Fixed in: activemq

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-rxqh-fc23-gxp2critical

Improper Input Validation in Apache ActiveMQ

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2016-3088Important

activemq: Fileserver web application vulnerability allowing RCE

May 24, 2016

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
activemq.apache.org / security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-3088-announcement.txt
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2036.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
Mailing ListPatch
lists.apache.org / thread.html/f956ea38e4da2e2c1e7131e6f91e41754852f5a4861d1a14ca5ca78a%40%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
Issue TrackingMailing List
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r6d03e45b81eab03580cf7f8bb51cb3e9a1b10a2cc0c6a2d3cc92ed0c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42283
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035951
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-356
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-16-357
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry