CVE-2014-8073 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in OpenMRS 2.1 Standalone Edition allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add a new user via a Save User action to admin/users/user.form.

Published: 2014-10-23

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:openmrs:openmrs:2.1:*:*:*:standalone:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-7922	Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in OpenMRS 2.1 Standalone Edition allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that add a new user via a Save User action to admin/users/user.form.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00132.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128748/OpenMRS-2.1-Access-Bypass-XSS-CSRF.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70664
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97692

History

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Subscriptions

Openmrs Openmrs

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-10-23T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:10:50.109Z

Reserved: 2014-10-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-8073

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-10-23T14:55:02.650

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-8073

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352

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