CVE-2016-3088

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.8 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-02-10), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 99%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · Metasploit · Exploit-DB (verified) · epss top5pct · epss high · public exploitExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
99(Act)
EG Risk 99/100SSVC: Act

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Fix now — active exploitation, automatable, high impact.
EPSS PROB
99%
EPSS %ILE
100%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

June 1, 2016

Last Modified

June 17, 2026

Advisory Details (9)

Auto-updated Sep 16, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic
http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2016-3088-announcement.txt
generic🟡 PoC Available

ActiveMQ < 5.14.0 - Web Shell Upload (Metasploit) - Java remote Exploit

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42283/
generic
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d03e45b81eab03580cf7f8bb51cb3e9a1b10a2cc0c6a2d3cc92ed0c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
generic
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f956ea38e4da2e2c1e7131e6f91e41754852f5a4861d1a14ca5ca78a%40%3Cusers.activemq.apache.org%3E
generic
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
generic

ZDI-16-357 - TrendAI™ Zero Day Initiative™ (ZDI)

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-357
generic

ZDI-16-356 - TrendAI™ Zero Day Initiative™ (ZDI)

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-356
generic
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2036.html
generic
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035951

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2016-3088(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatpatch2016-10-06redhat
redhatpatch2015-06-23redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
activemq—5.14.0+dfsg-1—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
activemq—5.14.0+dfsg-1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
activemq—5.14.0+dfsg-1—
Maven(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
org.apache.activemq:activemq-client5.10.0 ... 5.9.1 (21 versions)5.14.0—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 54× in last 7d / 221× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 803 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-19 04:57 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-19 01:13 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-18 21:29 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-18 21:29 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-18 19:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-18 19:20 UTCCISA KEV update
  7. 2026-09-18 17:46 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-18 14:15 UTCCISA KEV update
  9. 2026-09-18 14:02 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-18 10:18 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-18 06:34 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-09-18 02:50 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-17 23:06 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-17 19:22 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-17 19:22 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-17 19:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-17 15:38 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-17 11:54 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-09-17 08:09 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-17 04:25 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-17 00:41 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-09-16 20:56 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-16 16:51 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-09-16 14:10 UTCCISA KEV update
  25. 2026-09-16 13:06 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-09-16 09:22 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-16 05:37 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-16 05:37 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-16 01:53 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-15 22:09 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-09-15 18:25 UTCVendor advisory
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  8. 2026-09-15 10:56 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-09-15 07:11 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-15 03:27 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-14 23:43 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-09-14 19:59 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-14 19:24 UTCCISA KEV update
  14. 2026-09-14 16:15 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-14 12:31 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-14 08:47 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-14 05:03 UTCVendor advisory
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  19. 2026-09-13 21:35 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-13 17:51 UTCVendor advisory
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  22. 2026-09-13 10:23 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-13 06:39 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-09-13 02:55 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-12 23:11 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-09-12 19:26 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-09-12 15:43 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-09-12 11:59 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-09-12 08:15 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-09-12 04:30 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-09-12 00:46 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-09-11 21:01 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-09-11 18:49 UTCCISA KEV update
  34. 2026-09-11 17:17 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-09-11 13:33 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-09-11 09:49 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-09-11 06:05 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-09-11 02:21 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-09-10 22:37 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-09-10 19:28 UTCCISA KEV update
  41. 2026-09-10 18:53 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-09-10 15:07 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-09-10 11:23 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-09-10 07:36 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-09-10 03:52 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-09-10 00:07 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-09-09 20:22 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-09-09 19:08 UTCCISA KEV update
  49. 2026-09-09 16:38 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-09-09 12:53 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-09-09 09:09 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-09-09 05:24 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-09-09 01:41 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-08 21:56 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-09-08 18:54 UTCCISA KEV update
  56. 2026-09-08 18:11 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-09-08 13:59 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-09-08 10:11 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-09-08 06:26 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-09-08 02:41 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-09-07 22:58 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-09-07 19:14 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-09-07 19:14 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-09-07 15:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  65. 2026-09-07 15:30 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-09-07 11:45 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-09-07 08:01 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-09-07 04:13 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-09-07 00:26 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-09-06 20:40 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-09-06 16:56 UTCEG score recompute
  72. 2026-09-06 16:56 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-09-06 13:11 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-09-06 09:27 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-09-06 05:43 UTCVendor advisory

Publicly available exploits

(9 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (5 GitHub PoCs) (2 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCCatherines77/ActiveMQ-EXPtools
    First seen Apr 20, 2026

    Apache ActiveMQ漏洞综合利用工具(CVE-2015-5254，CVE-2016-3088，CVE-2022-41678，CVE-2023-46604，CVE-2024-32114，CVE-2026-34197，CVE-2026-40466)

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCYutuSec/ActiveMQ_Crack
    First seen Apr 2, 2022

    ActiveMQ系列漏洞探测利用工具，包括ActiveMQ 默认口令漏洞及ActiveMQ任意文件写入漏洞（CVE-2016-3088），支持批量探测利用。

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCcl4ym0re/CVE-2016-3088
    First seen Jul 3, 2021

    Apache ActiveMQ PUT RCE Scan

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCcyberaguiar/CVE-2016-3088
    First seen Mar 11, 2021

    Apache ActiveMQ Remote Code Execution Exploit

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCMa1Dong/ActiveMQ_putshell-CVE-2016-3088
    First seen Jul 31, 2020

    ActiveMQ_putshell直接获取webshell

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-42283✓ verified
    First seen Jun 29, 2017

    ActiveMQ < 5.14.0 - Web Shell Upload (Metasploit)

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/multi/http/apache_activemq_upload_jsp✓ verified
    First seen Jun 1, 2016

    ActiveMQ web shell upload

    Open source ↗
  • Nucleihttp/cves/2016/CVE-2016-3088.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2016

    Apache ActiveMQ Fileserver - Arbitrary File Write

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-40857✓ verified
    First seen Aug 17, 2015

    Apache ActiveMQ 5.11.1/5.13.2 - Directory Traversal / Command Execution

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2016-3088?
CVE-2016-3088 is a critical vulnerability published on June 1, 2016. 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.
When was CVE-2016-3088 disclosed?
CVE-2016-3088 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 1, 2016, with the most recent update on June 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2016-3088 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2016-3088 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on February 10, 2022, affecting Apache ActiveMQ. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-3088?
CVE-2016-3088 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
Which products are affected by CVE-2016-3088?
CVE-2016-3088 affects Apache ActiveMQ. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2016-3088?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2016-3088, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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