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Critical 9.8HealthcarePublished Sep 5, 2018
CVE-2018-16521An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in HTML Form Entry 3.7.0, as distributed in OpenMRS Reference Application 2.8.0.
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An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability exists in HTML Form Entry 3.7.0, as distributed in OpenMRS Reference Application 2.8.0.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 1.92% (percentile 80)
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 12, 2026
Affected products
openmrs html_form_entry openmrs:html_form_entry | 3.7.0 | NVD |
openmrs reference_application openmrs:reference_application | 2.8.0 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-htmlformentry/pull/138x-refsource-misc, patch, third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-htmlformentry/pull/137x-refsource-misc, patch, third-party-advisory
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