CVE-2020-24621

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-24621
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-25 04:23:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-05 18:41:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openmrs Htmlformentry All All All All
Application Openmrs Htmlformentry All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
UIFR-215: Do not allow loading arbitrary files by ibacher · Pull Request #59 · openmrs/openmrs-module-uiframework · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Authenticated Remote Code Execution in OpenMRS MISC www.contrastsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
HTML-730: Do not allow loading arbitrary files by ibacher · Pull Request #178 · openmrs/openmrs-module-htmlformentry · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[HTML-730] Do not allow loading arbitrary files - OpenMRS Issues MISC issues.openmrs.org Vendor Advisory
The Security Influencer's Channel MISC www.contrastsecurity.com Third Party Advisory
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