Openmrs · Openmrs Reference Application · CVE-2018-16521
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
OpenMRS Reference Application version 2.8.0
HTML Form Entry version 3.7.0
**Description**
A vulnerability exists due to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue. This allows for potential exploitation.
**Recommendations**
For OpenMRS Reference Application version 2.8.0, update HTML Form Entry to a version that fixes the XXE vulnerability.
For HTML Form Entry version 3.7.0, consider disabling XML external entity processing until a patch is available.