CVE-2018-25298: Merge PACS 7.0 Cross-Site Request Forgery via merge-viewer

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-04-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Merge PACS 7.0 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions by crafting malicious HTML forms targeting the merge-viewer endpoint. Attackers can submit POST requests to /servlet/actions/merge-viewer/summary with login credentials to hijack user sessions and gain unauthorized access to the PACS system.

Affected products

Merge PACS: 7.0

References

http://www.merge.com/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44681
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/merge-pacs-cross-site-request-forgery-via-merge-viewer

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