CVE-2020-36635
Published: 27 December 2022
Summary
CVE-2020-36635 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Openmrs Appointment Scheduling Module. Its CVSS base score is 3.5 (Low).
Operationally, ranked in the top 47.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-24089
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in OpenMRS Appointment Scheduling Module up to 1.12.x. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function validateFieldName of the file api/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/appointmentscheduling/validator/AppointmentTypeValidator.java. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the…
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attack remotely. Upgrading to version 1.13.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 34213c3f6ea22df427573076fb62744694f601d8. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216915.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.