PT-2018-13609 · Openmrs · Openmrs Reference Application+1

Isears · Published 2018-09-05 · Updated 2018-12-07 · CVE-2018-16521

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-16521

Affected Products

Html Form Entry

Openmrs Reference Application

References · 4

• https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-htmlformentry/pull/138 · Patch
• https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-htmlformentry/pull/137 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16521 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16521 · Security Note