High severity · published Sep 25, 2020
CVE-2020-24621
A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability was discovered in the htmlformentry (aka HTML Form Entry) module before 3.11.0 for OpenMRS
8.8
CVSS
3.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability was discovered in the htmlformentry (aka HTML Form Entry) module before 3.11.0 for OpenMRS. By leveraging path traversal, a malicious Velocity Template Language file could be written to a directory. This file could then be accessed and executed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.2% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HT
Htmlformentry · Openmrs
before 3.11.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24621
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24621
Patch
https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-htmlformentry/pull/178
Patch
https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-uiframework/pull/59
Vendor Advisory
https://issues.openmrs.org/browse/HTML-730
Third Party Advisory
https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers
Exploit
https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers/authenticated-remote-code-execution-openmrs