CVE-2016-3088

The Fileserver web application in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.14.0 allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary files via an HTTP PUT followed by an HTTP MOVE request.

Published: Jun 1, 2016
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
CVE: CVE-2016-3088
GHSA: GHSA-rxqh-fc23-gxp2
Severity: Critical
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Critical
Score: 9.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

Severity: High
Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-20
CWE-434

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
org.apache.activemq / activemq-client	5.0.0	5.14.0
apache / activemq	5.0.0	5.14.0

http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-3088-announcement.txt
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2036.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035951
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-356
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-357
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f956ea38e4da2e2c1e7131e6f91e41754852f5a4861d1a14ca5ca78a@%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f956ea38e4da2e2c1e7131e6f91e41754852f5a4861d1a14ca5ca78a%40%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d03e45b81eab03580cf7f8bb51cb3e9a1b10a2cc0c6a2d3cc92ed0c@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d03e45b81eab03580cf7f8bb51cb3e9a1b10a2cc0c6a2d3cc92ed0c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3088
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42283/

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