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CVE-2018-19276

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 98.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-03-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-502

Description

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.

Affected products

• OpenMRS: from 1.12.0 before 1.12.1; from 2.0.0 before 2.0.8; from 2.1.0 before 2.1.4 — fixed in 1.12.1, 2.0.8, 2.1.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OpenMRS 1.12.1, 2.0.8, 2.1.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151553/OpenMRS-Platform-Insecure-Object-Deserialization.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155691/OpenMRS-Java-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://know.bishopfox.com/advisories/news/2019/02/openmrs-insecure-object-deserialization
• https://talk.openmrs.org/t/critical-security-advisory-cve-2018-19276-2019-02-04/21607
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46327/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151553/OpenMRS-Platform-Insecure-Object-Deserialization.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155691/OpenMRS-Java-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://know.bishopfox.com/advisories/news/2019/02/openmrs-insecure-object-deserialization
• https://talk.openmrs.org/t/critical-security-advisory-cve-2018-19276-2019-02-04/21607
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46327/

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