CVE-2020-36636
CVE-2020-36636 — OpenMRS Admin UI Module Account Setup AccountPageController.java sendErrorMessage cross site scripting
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in OpenMRS Admin UI Module up to 1.4.x. Affected is the function sendErrorMessage of the file omod/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/adminui/page/controller/systemadmin/accounts/AccountPageController.java of the component Account Setup Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 1.5.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 702fbfdac7c4418f23bb5f6452482b4a88020061. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-216918 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, VulDB
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
1%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
3.5
LOW
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | CVSS 3.1 | LOW | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-79
Detection
Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.
- Search application, proxy, and WAF logs for requests touching /src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/adminui/page/controller/systemadmin/accounts/AccountPageController.java.
References
5 on the record
- vuldb.com/?id.216918
vdb-entry, technical-description
- vuldb.com/?ctiid.216918
signature, permissions-required
- github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-adminui/pull/57
issue-tracking
- github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-adminui/commit/702fbfdac7c4418f23bb5f6452482b4a88020061
patch
- github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-adminui/releases/tag/1.5.0
patch
Elsewhere on this site
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.