CVE-2018-19276
OpenMRS before 2.24.0 is affected by an Insecure Object Deserialization vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated user to execute…
- 10.0CriticalCVSS base score
- 98.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- OpenMRS Java Deserialization RCE (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/openmrs_deserializationRank normaldisclosed 4 Feb 2019
Nuclei templates1 template
- OpenMRS Platform < 2.24.0 - Insecure Object Deserialization (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-19276.yamlSeverity critical
Exploit-DB2 entries
- OpenMRS - Java Deserialization RCE (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 47792remote, linuxpublished 18 Dec 2019Verified
- OpenMRS Platform < 2.24.0 - Insecure Object Deserialization (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46327webapps, javapublished 5 Feb 2019Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 46327 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| mitreCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 98.7% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151553/OpenMRS-Platform-Insecure-Object-Deserialization.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 46327 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155691/OpenMRS-Java-Deserialization-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://know.bishopfox.com/advisories/news/2019/02/openmrs-insecure-object-deserialization (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://talk.openmrs.org/t/critical-security-advisory-cve-2018-19276-2019-02-04/21607 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-10982 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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