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CVE-2020-24621

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-09-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

A 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.

Affected products

• OpenMRS Htmlformentry: before 3.11.0 — fixed in 3.11.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OpenMRS Htmlformentry 3.11.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-htmlformentry/pull/178
• https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-uiframework/pull/59
• https://issues.openmrs.org/browse/HTML-730
• https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers
• https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers/authenticated-remote-code-execution-openmrs
• https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-htmlformentry/pull/178
• https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-uiframework/pull/59
• https://issues.openmrs.org/browse/HTML-730
• https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers
• https://www.contrastsecurity.com/security-influencers/authenticated-remote-code-execution-openmrs

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