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Vulnerability · CVE-2016-15044

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Kaltura versions prior to 11.1.0-2 due to unsafe deserialization of user-controlled data within the keditorservices module.

Published Jul 23, 2025 · catalog updated Jul 15, 2026 · Kaltura Video Platform

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2016-15044. EPSS is 2.21%. Act only if a listed version of Kaltura Video Platform is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Critical9.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
2.21%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Kaltura Video Platform 0 <11.1.0-2

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Kaltura versions prior to 11.1.0-2 due to unsafe deserialization of user-controlled data within the keditorservices module. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted serialized PHP object in the kdata GET parameter to the redirectWidgetCmd endpoint. Successful exploitation leads to execution of arbitrary PHP code in the context of the web server process.

Are you affected?

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The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Kaltura Video Platform 0 <11.1.0-20 <11.1.0-2

How to fix CVE-2016-15044

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2016-15044. EPSS is 2.21%. Act only if a listed version of Kaltura Video Platform is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Kaltura Video Platform 0 <11.1.0-2 0 <11.1.0-2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 2.21%. There is no CISA KEV listing. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 23, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Kaltura versions prior to 11.1.0-2 due to unsafe deserialization of user-controlled data within the keditorservices module. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted serialized PHP object in the kdata GET parameter to the redirectWidgetCmd endpoint. Successful exploitation leads to execution of arbitrary

  2. Jul 15, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Kaltura versions prior to 11.1.0-2 due to unsafe deserialization of user-controlled data within the keditorservices module. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted serialized PHP object in the kdata GET parameter to the redirectWidgetCmd endpoint. Successful exploitation leads to execution of arbitrary

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-15044

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-15044

    30-day exploitation probability 2.21%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2016-10790

    A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Kaltura versions prior to 11.1.0-2 due to unsafe deserialization of user-controlled data within the keditorservices module. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted serialized PHP obje

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_linux/http/kaltura_unserialize_rce

    Public module reference (excellent). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 21, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.