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CVE-2016-8736

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8736 describes a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Apache OpenMeetings versions prior to 3.1.2, stemming from an insecure RMI deserialization flaw. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to achieve full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:openmeetings:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0478 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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 (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.openmeetings:openmeetings-parentFixed in: 3.1.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-6cpg-3w7f-j67qcritical

Apache OpenMeetings RCE

May 14, 2022

References

openmeetings.markmail.org / thread/tr47byaaopnemvne
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94145
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry