OpenMRS up to 2.23.x Deserialization XML Data deserialization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenMRS up to 2.23.x. It has been rated as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Deserialization. The manipulation as part of XML Data leads to deserialization. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-19276. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in OpenMRS up to 2.23.x (Health Information Software). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Deserialization. The manipulation as part of a XML Data leads to a deserialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

OpenMRS before 2.24.0 is affected by an Insecure Object Deserialization vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary commands on the targeted system via crafted XML data in a request body.

The bug was discovered 02/04/2019. The weakness was published 03/21/2019 as EDB-ID 46327 as not defined exploit (Exploit-DB). It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-19276 since 11/14/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 45 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 2.24.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (46327). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Health Information Software

Name

• OpenMRS

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23

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