VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-12796

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability4.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-10-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The Reporting Compatibility Add On before 2.0.4 for OpenMRS, as distributed in OpenMRS Reference Application before 2.6.1, does not authenticate users when deserializing XML input into ReportSchema objects. The result is that remote unauthenticated users are able to execute operating system commands by crafting malicious XML payloads, as demonstrated by a single admin/reports/reportSchemaXml.form request.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Primary references