# CVE-2018-19276: OpenMRS before 2.24.0 is affected by an Insecure Object Deserialization vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated user to execute arbitra

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2019-03-17 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151553/OpenMRS-Platform-Insecure-Object-Deserialization.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46327/
- 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
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47792
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/openmrs_deserialization.rb
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-19276.yaml
- https://github.com/mpgn/CVE-2018-19276

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